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Chemotactic responses to an attractant and a repellent by the polar and lateral flagellar systems of Vibrio alginolyticus.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Oct 1996
Homma M, Oota H, Kojima S, Kawagishi I, Imae Y
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Chemotactic responses in Vibrio alginolyticus, which has lateral and polar flagellar systems in one cell, were investigated. A lateral-flagella-defective (Pof+ Laf-) mutant, which has only a polar flagellum, usually swam forward by the pushing action of its flagellum and occasionally changed direction by backward swimming. When the repellent phenol was added, Pof+ Laf- cells moved frequently forward and backward...
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