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SUBMITTER: Mizutani M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5883615 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mizutani Masaki M Tulum Isil I Kinosita Yoshiaki Y Nishizaka Takayuki T Miyata Makoto M
Biophysical journal 20180301 6
Mycoplasma mobile is a bacterium that uses a unique mechanism to glide on solid surfaces at a velocity of up to 4.5 μm/s. Its gliding machinery comprises hundreds of units that generate the force for gliding based on the energy derived from ATP; the units catch and pull sialylated oligosaccharides fixed to solid surfaces. In this study, we measured the stall force of wild-type and mutant strains of M. mobile carrying a bead manipulated using optical tweezers. The strains that had been enhanced f ...[more]