Bacterial flagellar diversity and significance in pathogenesis.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb14060.x

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Bacterial flagellar diversity and significance in pathogenesis.

FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Dec 1992

Penn C W, Luke C J

Abstract excerpt

Bacterial flagella are structurally diverse, ranging from the thoroughly investigated model examples found in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium to the more exotic sheathed flagella of, for example, Helicobacter pylori, and the complex multi-flagellin endoflagella found in many spirochae...

Topics

Animals
Bacteria
Bacterial Infections
Cell Movement
Fimbriae, Bacterial
Genetic Variation
Humans
Microscopy, Electron
Virulence

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