Affiliation:
1. Laboratoire d’Ecologie Microbienne du Sol, UMR-CNRS 5557, Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Flagellation of a nonswimming variant of the mixed flagellated bacterium
Azospirillum lipoferum
4B was characterized by electron microscopy, and polyclonal antibodies were raised against polar and lateral flagellins. The variant cells lacked a polar flagellum due to a defect in flagellin synthesis and constitutively expressed lateral flagella. The variant cells were able to respond to conditions that restricted the rotation of lateral flagella by producing more lateral flagella, suggesting that the lateral flagella, as well as the polar flagellum, are mechanosensing.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
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