Na+ and flagella-dependent swimming of alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4: A basis for poor motility at low pH and enhancement in viscous media in an "up-motile" variant

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 239-247

  Fujinami, Shun ^a   Terahara, Naoya ^a   Lee, Sunmi ^a   Ito, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alkaliphiles; Bacillus pseudofirmus; Flagella; Motility; MotPS; Sodium motive force

Indexed keywords

AGAR; POVIDONE IODINE; SODIUM ION;

ALKALINITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL COUNT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; VISCOSITY; WILD TYPE;

ALKALIES; BACILLUS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHEMOTAXIS; CULTURE MEDIA; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VISCOSITY;

BACILLUS PSEUDOFIRMUS;

EID: 33847150431     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0192-7     Document Type: Article

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