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Swimming performance of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens is an emergent property of its two flagellar systems.
Scientific reports - 7 Apr 2016
Quelas J Ignacio, Althabegoiti M Julia, Jimenez-Sanchez Celia, Melgarejo Augusto A, Marconi Verónica I, Mongiardini Elías J, Trejo Sebastián A, Mengucci Florencia, Ortega-Calvo José-Julio, Lodeiro Aníbal R
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Many bacterial species use flagella for self-propulsion in aqueous media. In the soil, which is a complex and structured environment, water is found in microscopic channels where viscosity and water potential depend on the composition of the soil solution and the degree of soil water saturation. Therefore, the motility of soil bacteria might have special requirements. An important soil bacterial genus is...
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