title: Rheotactic behavior of a gliding mycoplasma.
abstract: Mycoplasma mobile, a new gliding mycoplasma isolated from the gills of a fish, was capable of positive rheotaxis; the cells glided upstream in a moving fluid. To our knowledge this is the first demonstration of rheotactic behavior among the procaryotes.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosengarten
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klein-Struckmeier
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kirchhoff
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D005399:Fishes; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000502:physiology*