Effect of viscosity on swimming by the lateral and polar flagella of Vibrio alginolyticus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 5024-5026

  Atsumi, Tatsuo ^a   Maekawa, Yukiyo ^b   Yamada, Taku ^b   Kawagishi, Ikuro ^b   Imae, Yasuo ^b   Homma, Michio ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUZUKA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 0029762244     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.16.5024-5026.1996     Document Type: Article

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