title: Bacterial flagellar diversity and evolution: seek simplicity and distrust it?
abstract: Flagella are the chief organelles of motility in bacteria. In recent years, several new findings have illuminated the evolution of bacterial flagella, including cut-down versions of the organelle in Buchnera, a dispensable ATPase and structural evidence for homology between FliG (a component of the flagellar motor) and MgtE (a magnesium transporter). However, a fresh examination of the phylogenetic distribution of flagellar genes warns against a simplistic model of early flagellar evolution.
authors.affiliation: University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.
authors.forename: Lori A S
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Loman
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fütterer
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pallen
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005407:Flagella / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005408:Flagellin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014644:Genetic Variation
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D005408:Flagellin