Swimming behavior of the monotrichous bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-44

  Ping, Liyan ^a   Birkenbeil, Jan ^b   Monajembashi, Shamci ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CARL ZEISS SMT AG   (Germany)

^c FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Circular motion; Flagellation; Free swim; Viscosity; Wall effect

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; DRAG; MOTILITY; PLANT; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TRANSLOCATION; VISCOSITY;

ARTICLE; CIRCULAR MOTION; CYTOLOGY; FLAGELLATION; FLAGELLUM; FREE SWIM; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; VISCOSITY; WALL EFFECT;

CIRCULAR MOTION; FLAGELLATION; FREE SWIM; VISCOSITY; WALL EFFECT;

FLAGELLA; LOCOMOTION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; VISCOSITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 84884143841     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12076     Document Type: Article

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