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Flagellar motility and structure in the hyperthermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jun 2007
Szabó Zalán, Sani Musa, Groeneveld Maarten, Zolghadr Benham, Schelert James, Albers Sonja-Verena, Blum Paul, Boekema Egbert J, Driessen Arnold J M
Abstract excerpt
Flagellation in archaea is widespread and is involved in swimming motility. Here, we demonstrate that the structural flagellin gene from the crenarchaeaon Sulfolobus solfataricus is highly expressed in stationary-phase-grown cells and under unfavorable nutritional conditions. A mutant in a flagellar auxiliary gene, flaJ, was found to be nonmotile. Electron microscopic imaging of the flagellum indicates that the...
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