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 - 4 Apr 2018
Event	EMBO Practical Course on Advanced Optical Microscopy for Cell Biology - The Marine Biological Association, Plymouth, United Kingdom Duration: 4 Apr 2018 → 14 Apr 2018

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Conference	EMBO Practical Course on Advanced Optical Microscopy for Cell Biology
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Plymouth
Period	4/04/18 → 14/04/18

Keywords

interference reflection microscopy
optical microscopy
microbiology
biomedical Imaging
Myxococcus xanthus

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