Motility modes of Spiroplasma melliferum BC3: A helical, wall-less bacterium driven by a linear motor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 657-669

  Gilad, Rami ^a   Porat, Asher ^b   Trachtenberg, Shlomo ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; FICOLL; METHYLCELLULOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL MOTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOSKELETON; FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA MELLIFERUM; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

CULTURE MEDIA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY; MOVEMENT; OPTICS; SPIROPLASMA; VISCOSITY;

ACHOLEPLASMA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MOLLICUTES; MYCOPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA; SPIROPLASMA MELLIFERUM;

EID: 0037240714     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03200.x     Document Type: Article

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