Solid substrate motility and phototaxis of the alpha-proteobacterium Rhodobacter capsulatus

The work in this thesis reports the first discovery of flagellum-independent motility in Rhodobacter capsulatus, a purple photosynthetic bacterium. Furthermore, while aqueous swimming motility using a flagellum had been documented, the occurrence of movement over solid and semi-solid substrates had...

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Main Author: Shelswell, Kristopher John
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31666