Periplasmic flagella in Borrelia burgdoferi function to maintain cellular integrity upon external stress.

Tapping mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) in solution was used to analyze the role of the internally located periplasmic flagella (PFs) of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in withstanding externally applied cellular stresses. By systematically imaging immobilized spirochetes with in...

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Hoofdauteurs: Bharath Kumar, Kelly Miller, Nyles W Charon, Justin Legleiter
Formaat: Artikel
Taal:English
Gepubliceerd in: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Reeks:PLoS ONE
Online toegang:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184648