| Literature DB >> 36125764 |
Megha Patro1,2, Marleen van Wolferen1, Xing Ye1, Sonja-Verena Albers3, Tessa E F Quax4,5.
Abstract
Many archaea display swimming motility in liquid medium, which is empowered by the archaellum. Directional movement requires a functional archaellum and a sensing system, such as the chemotaxis system that is used by Euryarchaea. Two well-studied models are the euryarchaeon Haloferax volcanii and the crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. In this chapter we describe two methods to analyze their swimming behavior and directional movement: (a) time-lapse microscopy under native temperatures and (b) spotting on semi-solid agar or gelrite plates. Whereas the first method allows for deep analysis of swimming behavior, the second method is suited for high throughput comparison of multiple strains.Entities:
Keywords: Archaea; Archaellum; Haloferax; Motility; Semi-solid agar plates; Sulfolobus; Thermomicroscopy; Time-lapse microscopy
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Year: 2022 PMID: 36125764 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2445-6_25
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods Mol Biol ISSN: 1064-3745