Rapid bacterial swimming measured in swarming cells of Thiovulum majus
- 1 June 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 171 (6) , 3560-3563
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.171.6.3560-3563.1989
Abstract
Swarming cells of the sulfide-oxidizing bacterium Thiovulum majus form bands and show bioconvective patterns of swimming when placed in vessels containing H2S/O2 interfaces. Measurements of swimming velocities with video microscopic recordings under such conditions showed mean cell speeds as high as 615 microns s-1, unprecedented in bacteria.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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