Affiliation:
1. Institut für Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany.
Abstract
Mycoplasma mobile, a new gliding mycoplasma isolated from the gills of a fish, was capable of positive rheotaxis; the cells glided upstream in a moving fluid. To our knowledge this is the first demonstration of rheotactic behavior among the procaryotes.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
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