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Gliding Motility in Some Non‐spreading Flexibacteria
Author(s) -
Perry L. B.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1973.tb04095.x
Subject(s) - myxobacteria , gliding motility , motility , agar , biology , bacteria , agar plate , flavobacterium , liquid medium , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , chromatography , paleontology , pseudomonas
. A plate technique for detecting gliding motility is described in which glass beads placed between agar surfaces and coverslips produced surrounding areas of liquid, thus allowing cells to move freely. Some relatively short non‐spreading flexibacteria glided obviously. The movements are described and also those of myxobacteria and a fimbriate twitching bacterium. Flavobacterium aquatile F36 glided and its taxonomic status is discussed.