Bacterial flagella are extracellular appendages that rotate to propel the cell and enable swimming motility. While some bacteria have multiple flagella, many pathogenic species like Pseudomonas aerugi...

Gliding motility is a widespread form of microbial locomotion traditionally defined as smooth movement of a cell along an external surface, enabling active translocation that is distinct from diffusiv...

Bona fide gene clusters for archaella are widespread across a bacterial phylum and encode functional motility machinery.

The type 9 secretion system (T9SS) is fundamental to bacterial gliding motility, pathogenesis, and surface colonization. Our findings reveal that the C-terminal region of the conveyor belt-associated ...

Abstract. Evolution is defined as the change in allele frequency over time as a result of either neutral processes, such as genetic drift, or as an adaptiv

Bacterial tracking is crucial for understanding the mechanisms governing motility, chemotaxis, cell division, biofilm formation, and pathogenesis. Although modern microscopy and computing have enabled...

Biochemistry; Molecular neuroscience; Microbiology

Abstract. The collective surface motility and swarming behavior of microbes play a crucial role in the formation of polymicrobial communities, shaping ecos

The human oral microbiota has been extensively studied, and many of the isolated bacteria have genome sequences stored on the human oral microbiome database (eHOMD). Spatial distribution and polymicro...

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