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

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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Main Authors: Bharath Kumar, Kelly Miller, Nyles W Charon, Justin Legleiter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0184648

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