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Distinct chemotactic behavior in the original Escherichia coli K-12 depending on forward-and-backward swimming, not on run-tumble movements.
Scientific reports - 28 Sept 2020
Kinosita Yoshiaki, Ishida Tsubasa, Yoshida Myu, Ito Rie, Morimoto Yusuke V, Goto Kazuki, Berry Richard M, Nishizaka Takayuki, Sowa Yoshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
Most motile bacteria are propelled by rigid, helical, flagellar filaments and display distinct swimming patterns to explore their favorable environments. Escherichia coli cells have a reversible rotary motor at the base of each filament. They exhibit a run-tumble swimming pattern, driven by switching of the rotational direction, which causes polymorphic flagellar transformation. Here we report a novel swimming...
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