Species name： Streptococcus
Harvard UniversityDepartment of Molecular and Cellular BiologyHarvard Biological Labs Howard C. Berg
If a single flagellar filament, hook or polyhook is attached to the substratum, the cell body will spin (Silverman and Simon, 1974). The movie shows tethered Streptococcus (Manson et al., 1980).
Manson, M.D., Tedesco, P.M. and Berg, H.C. Energetics of flagellar rotation in bacteria. J. Mol. Biol. 138, 541-561 (1980).
Silverman, M. and Simon, M. Flagellar rotation and the mechanism of bacterial motility. Nature 149, 73-74 (1974).
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