Rapid bacterial swimming measured in swarming cells of Thiovulum majus.
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.
Garcia-Pichel
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Department of Biology, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403.
D002633:Chemotaxis; D006091:Gram-Negative Chemolithotrophic Bacteria / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement; D014741:Video Recording