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. 1989 Jun;171(6):3560-3.
doi: 10.1128/jb.171.6.3560-3563.1989.

Rapid bacterial swimming measured in swarming cells of Thiovulum majus

F Garcia-Pichel  1
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Rapid bacterial swimming measured in swarming cells of Thiovulum majus

F Garcia-Pichel. J Bacteriol. 1989 Jun.

Abstract

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.

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