Calcium is required for swimming by the nonflagellated cyanobacterium Synechococcus strain WH8113.

The marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus strain WH8113 swims in the absence of any recognizable organelles of locomotion. We have found that calcium is required for this motility. Cells deprived of calcium stopped swimming, while addition of calcium completely restored motility. No other divalent ion...

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Main Authors: Pitta, T P, Sherwood, E E, Kobel, A M, Berg, H C
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 1997
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC178999/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9098048
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