The kinky propulsion of Spiroplasma

Charles W. Wolgemuth; Nyles W. Charon

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2005.09.003

The kinky propulsion of Spiroplasma

Charles W. Wolgemuth, Nyles W. Charon

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Bacteria have evolved many different means of generating movement. In this issue of Cell, Shaevitz et al. (2005) describe the swimming movement of a helical bacterium called Spiroplasma. They discover that Spiroplasma propels itself by generating two temporally distinct kinks that travel the length of the bacterium. These results point to the existence of a contractile apparatus that drives cell movement.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	827-828
Number of pages	2
Journal	Cell
Volume	122
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2005.09.003
State	Published - Sep 23 2005

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