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Characterizing the flagellar filament and the role of motility in bacterial prey-penetration by Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Apr 2006
Lambert Carey, Evans Katy J, Till Rob, Hobley Laura, Capeness Michael, Rendulic Snjezana, Schuster Stephan C, Aizawa Shin-Ichi, Sockett R Elizabeth
Abstract excerpt
The predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus swims rapidly by rotation of a single, polar flagellum comprised of a helical filament of flagellin monomers, contained within a membrane sheath and powered by a basal motor complex. Bdellovibrio collides with, enters and replicates within bacterial prey, a process previously suggested to firstly require flagellar motility and then flagellar shedding upon prey...
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