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...
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Language: | English |
Published: |
University of British Columbia
2011
|
Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/31666 |