Flagellar number governs bacterial spreading and transport efficiency
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Secondary bacterial flagellar system improves bacterial spreading by increasing the directional persistence of swimming.
As numerous bacterial species, Shewanella putrefaciens CN-32 possesses a complete secondary flagellar system. A significant subpopulation of CN-32 cells induces expression of the secondary system under planktonic conditions, resulting in formation of one, sometimes two, filaments at lateral positions in addition to the primary polar flagellum. Mutant analysis revealed that the single chemotaxis...
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عنوان ژورنال: Science Advances
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2375-2548
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aar6425