Open AccessBacterial flagellar diversity and significance in pathogenesis
Author(s) -
Penn Charles W.,
Luke Catherine J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb14060.x
Subject(s) - flagellum , flagellin , spirochaete , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , salmonella , escherichia coli , pathogenicity island , bacteria , pathogenicity , enterobacteriaceae , genetics , computational biology , gene
Bacterial flagella are structurally diverse, ranging from the thoroughly investigated model examples found in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium to the more exotic sheathed flagella of, for example, Helicobacter pylori , and the complex multi‐flagellin endoflagella found in many spirochaetes. We summarize some of the emerging structural and genetic findings relating to these more novel flagellar types, and outline their possible significance in the pathogenicity of some medically important bacteria.