Rheotactic behavior of a gliding mycoplasma.
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.
Rosengarten
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Institut für Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen, Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany.
Klein-Struckmeier
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Kirchhoff
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D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D005399:Fishes; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000502:physiology*