Cellular coordination underpins rapid reversals in gliding filamentous cyanobacteria and its loss results in plectonemes
J. Rosko, K. Cremin, E. Locatelli, R. N. Poon, M. Coates, S. J. N. Duxbury, K. Randall, K. Croft, C. Valeriani, M. Polin, O. S. Soyer
This study investigates gliding motility in filamentous cyanobacteria, finding that cellular coordination enables rapid reversals, while loss of coordination leads to plectoneme formation.
bioRxiv · Feb 6, 2024Biophysics