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 |
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Publication status | Published - 14 Mar 2018 |
Event | Spatiotemporal Organization of Bacterial Cells - Marburg, Germany Duration: 14 Mar 2018 → 16 Mar 2018 |
Conference
Conference | Spatiotemporal Organization of Bacterial Cells |
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Country/Territory | Germany |
City | Marburg |
Period | 14/03/18 → 16/03/18 |
Keywords
- microbiology
- biomedical imaging
- interference reflection microscopy
- myxococcus xanthus