The Question of Bacterial Flagellae (Zur Frage der Bakterien-Geisseln)

Abstract

The theory that motile bacteria are motivated by flagellae is questioned in this report. Instead, it is demonstrated that the movement occurs through a spiral motion of the body of the bacterium and that the capsule of the bacteria consists of spiral filaments which in stained material resemble flagellae.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0843927

Entities

People

  • A. Pijper

Organizations

  • United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agglutination
  • Bacteria
  • Biological Staining And Labeling
  • Cell Membrane
  • Cells
  • Cellular Structures
  • Cytoplasm
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Filaments
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Locomotion
  • Materials
  • Microscopes
  • Microscopy
  • Observation
  • Sunlight

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics
  • Snow Cover Descriptors for Reptiles and Their Illustrations.