title: Mechanism of attachment of swarm cells of Thiothrix nivea.
abstract: Swarm cells of Thiothrix nivea were found to possess a group of fimbriae at one pole. The other pole either was bare or possessed from one to three fimbriae. By using this polarity as a marker, it was found that the initial step in attachment of swarm cells involves the fimbriated pole and that this initial step is followed by the production of holdfast material.
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D041963:Bacteroidetes / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002465:Cell Movement; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D014871:Water Microbiology