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Hypoosmotic stress induces flagellar biosynthesis and swimming motility in Escherichia albertii.
Communications biology - 28 Feb 2020
Ikeda Tetsuya, Shinagawa Toshie, Ito Takuya, Ohno Yuta, Kubo Akiko, Nishi Junichiro, Gotoh Yasuhiro, Ogura Yoshitoshi, Ooka Tadasuke, Hayashi Tetsuya
Abstract excerpt
Bacteria use flagella as propellers to move to favorable environments. Escherichia albertii, a growing cause of foodborne illness and diarrhea, is reportedly non-motile and lacks flagella on its surface. Here, we report that 27 out of 59 E. albertii strains, collected mainly from humans and birds, showed swimming motility when cultured at low osmotic pressure. The biosynthesis of flagella in E. albertii cells was...
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