Difference between forward and backward swimming speeds of the single polar-flagellated bacterium, Vibrio alginolyticus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 205, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 343-347

  Magariyama, Yukio ^a   Masuda, Shin Ya ^b   Takano, Yasunari ^b   Ohtani, Toshio ^a   Kudo, Seishi ^c  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOIN UNIVERSITY OF YOKOHAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dark field microscopy; Flagellar length; Flagellar rotation; Swimming mode; Taxis; Turn

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLATE; FLAGELLUM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; VELOCITY; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

FLAGELLA; LOCOMOTION; MUTATION; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS;

EID: 0035910149     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00498-0     Document Type: Article

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