| Range |
~600 μm/s
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| Organism |
Sulfur bacterium Thiovulum majus |
| Reference |
Herzog & Wirth, 2012. Swimming behavior of selected species of Archaea, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78(6):1670-674 p.1671 right column 4th paragraphPubMed ID22247169
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| Primary Source |
Fenchel T. 1994. Motility and chemosensory behavior of the sulfur bacterium Thiovulum majus. Microbiology 140: 3109 –3116. |
| Method |
(Primary source p.3110 right column 2nd paragraph:) "The distribution and motility of the bacteria were recorded on a video tape during the O2-measurements. A CCD-camera
(Panasonic) mounted on a dissection microscope connected to a
recorder (Panasonic AG 6200) and a monitor was used." "These and all other experiments
were carried out at room temperature (˜20°C)." |
| Comments |
"The maximum speed of the sulfur bacterium Thiovulum majus
was reported to be approximately 600 µm/s, but because of its
size of ~7µm, this is equivalent to ca. 85 bps (primary source). In contrast, the
bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus swims at approximately 100µm/s which, due to its small size, is equivalent to a maximum of
approximately 150 bps (primary source)." bps=body lengths per sec. Cell diameters ranged between 5 and 10µm (mean 7µm) |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
107652 |