Types_of_bacterial_locomotion.jpg

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Description Types of bacterial locomotion.jpg	English: Different bacterial locomotion strategies: gliding (focal adhesion model) (adapted from Islam and Mignot, 2015), swarming (adapted from Kearns, 2010), and swimming. The direction of bacteria movement is indicated by black arrows. The direction of bacteria movement is indicated by the arrows. References: Islam, S. T., and Mignot, T. (2015). The mysterious nature of bacterial surface (gliding) motility: a focal adhesion-based mechanism in Myxococcus xanthus. Semin. Cell Dev. Biol. 46, 143–154. doi: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.10.033 Kearns, D. B. (2010). A field guide to bacterial swarming motility. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 8, 634–644. doi: 10.1038/nrmicro2405
Date	20 August 2018
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Author	Madigan, M. T., Bender, K. S., Buckley, D. H., Martinko, J. M., and Stahl, D. A. (2014). Brock Biology of Microorganisms. Amsterdam: Addison-Wesley Longman.

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