Article
Effect of viscosity on swimming by the lateral and polar flagella of Vibrio alginolyticus.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 1996
Atsumi T, Maekawa Y, Yamada T, Kawagishi I, Imae Y, Homma M
Abstract excerpt
By using mutants of Vibrio alginolyticus with only a polar flagellum (Pof+ Laf-) or only lateral flagella (Pof- Laf+), we examined the relationship between swimming speed and the viscosity of the medium for each flagellar system. Pof+ Laf- cells could not swim in the high-viscosity environment (c...
Topics
- Cell Movement
- Culture Media
- Flagella
- Mutation
- Species Specificity
- Vibrio
- Viscosity