lateral flagellation

Trait evidence (4)

• DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00403.x

  These bacteria are able to express both a constitutive polar flagellum required for swimming motility and a separate lateral flagella system that is induced in viscous media or on surfaces and is essential for swarming motility.

  Merino et al. review lateral flagella as a distinct, inducible flagellar system in bacteria with dual polar and lateral systems.

• DOI:10.1128/jb.167.1.210-218.1986

  The polar flagellum is responsible for motility in a liquid environment (swimming), and the lateral flagella enable the bacteria to move over surfaces (swarming).

  Belas et al. directly connect V. parahaemolyticus lateral flagella with surface swarming.

• DOI:10.1128/jb.185.15.4508-4518.2003

  Multiple proton-driven lateral flagella enable translocation over surfaces (i.e., swarming).

  Stewart and McCarter describe the lateral flagella of V. parahaemolyticus as surface-translocation organelles.

• DOI:10.1128/jb.188.3.852-862.2006

  Mesophilic Aeromonas strains express a polar flagellum in all culture conditions, and certain strains produce lateral flagella on semisolid media or on surfaces.

  Canals et al. show that lateral flagella are an Aeromonas trait as well as a Vibrio parahaemolyticus trait.