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Mycoplasma mobile gliding recorded by iphone 4S

Species name: Mycoplasma mobile

Osaka City University Makoto MIYATA

Gliding motility of the smallest bacterium, Mycoplasma mobile was video recorded by a class-use microscope (CX21, Olympus) and iphone 4S, in a practical class held at Osaka City Univ on 20140624. They did nicely. Mycoplasmas are the moving black dots.

Unique centipede mechanism of Mycoplasma gliding.

(2014.07.03)

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