Interference reflection microscopy shows novel insights to bacterial gliding motility

Liam M. Rooney; Paul A. Hoskisson; Gail McConnell

Interference reflection microscopy shows novel insights to bacterial gliding motility

Liam M. Rooney, Paul A. Hoskisson, Gail McConnell

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Abstract

The gliding motility of the Δ-proteobacterium, Myxococcus xanthus is used to facilitate either social or adventurous motility depending on the availability of nutrients in their environment. The size of bacteria limits our ability to use sectioning microscopy techniques, and so most studies on gliding motility use fluorescence-based techniques to focus on lateral (x, y) dynamics. We aim to use interference reflection microscopy (IRM) to visualise the axial motility dynamics in gliding cells to better understand their underlying gliding motility mechanisms.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 5 Jun 2018
Event	18th European Light Microscopy Initiative Meeting 2018 - University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Duration: 5 Jun 2018 → 8 Jun 2018 https://www.elmi2018.eu/

Conference

Conference	18th European Light Microscopy Initiative Meeting 2018
Abbreviated title	ELMI 2018
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	5/06/18 → 8/06/18
Internet address	https://www.elmi2018.eu/

Keywords

myxococcus xanthus
biomedical imaging
microbiology

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Interference reflection microscopy shows novel insights to bacterial gliding motility

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