Optical trapping reveals propulsion forces, power generation and motility efficiency of the unicellular parasites Trypanosoma brucei brucei [PDF]
, 2014 Unicellular parasites have developed sophisticated swimming mechanisms to survive in a wide range of environments. Cell motility of African trypanosomes, parasites responsible for fatal illness in humans and animals, is crucial both in the insect vector ...
Engstler, M. +11 more
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Symmetries in bacterial motility [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 1996 Descriptions are given of three kinds of symmetries encountered in studies of bacterial locomotion, and of the ways in which they are circumvented or broken. A bacterium swims at very low Reynolds number: it cannot propel itself using reciprocal motion (by moving through a sequence of shapes, first forward and then in reverse); cyclic motion is ...
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Impact of Microscopic Motility on the Swimming Behavior of Parasites : Straighter Trypanosomes are More Directional [PDF]
, 2011 Microorganisms, particularly parasites, have developed sophisticated swimming mechanisms to cope with a varied range of environments. African Trypanosomes, causative agents of fatal illness in humans and animals, use an insect vector (the Tsetse fly) to ...
Nagler, J. +21 more
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PLoS ONE, 2023 Burkholderia pseudomallei is a facultative intracellular bacterial pathogen that causes melioidosis, a severe invasive disease of humans. We previously reported that the stress-related catecholamine hormone epinephrine enhances motility of B ...
Chatruthai Meethai +11 more
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Bio-Protocol, 2018 A method was developed to allow the quantification and mapping of relative bacterial twitching motility in dense samples, where tracking of individual bacteria was not feasible. In this approach, movies of bacterial films were acquired using differential
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Flagellar Motility and Structure in the Hyperthermoacidophilic Archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus [PDF]
, 2007 Flagellation in archaea is widespread and is involved in swimming motility. Here, we demonstrate that the structural flagellin gene from the crenarchaeaon Sulfolobus solfataricus is highly expressed in stationary-phase-grown cells and under unfavorable ...
Szabó, Zalán, +19 more
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The HP0256 gene product is involved in motility and cell envelope architecture of
, 2010 Background Helicobacter pylori is the causative agent for gastritis, and peptic and duodenal ulcers. The bacterium displays 5-6 polar sheathed flagella that are essential for colonisation and persistence in the gastric mucosa.
Caly, Delphine L. +33 more
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Interspecies interactions induce exploratory motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
eLife, 2019 Microbes often live in multispecies communities where interactions among community members impact both the individual constituents and the surrounding environment. Here, we developed a system to visualize interspecies behaviors at initial encounters.
Dominique H Limoli +5 more
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Listeria motility increases the efficiency of epithelial invasion during intestinal infection.
PLoS Pathogens, 2022 Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) is a food-borne pathogen that causes severe bacterial gastroenteritis, with high rates of hospitalization and mortality.
Inge M N Wortel +4 more
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Novel cyclic di-GMP effectors of the YajQ protein family control bacterial virulence [PDF]
, 2014 Bis-(3',5') cyclic di-guanylate (cyclic di-GMP) is a key bacterial second messenger that is implicated in the regulation of many critical processes that include motility, biofilm formation and virulence. Cyclic di-GMP influences diverse functions through
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