The Flagellar World: Electron Microscopic Images of Bacterial Flagella and Related Surface Structures

ISBN-13: 9780124172340 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 160 str.

Depar Shin-Ichi Aizawa (Prefectural University of Hiroshima

Opis

The Flagellar World is a unique publication. The product of years of research and data collection by the author, this book is a pictorial guide to flagella in a variety of organisms. Each EM image is accompanied by a short description of the system in each organism. These never-before-seen pictures represent a wide variety of flagella, including Legionella pneumophila, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and many others. Researchers in microbiology, immunology, and parasitology will find this a fascinating and useful resource.

• A unique publication with many never before seen EM images of flagella
• A historical document of years of research on flagella
• Fills a specific niche that shows flagella in several varied organisms

Spis treści

Preface

Introduction

1. Basic knowledge about flagella
2. Flagellar structure
3. Flagellar genetics
4. EM techniques for flagella study

Chapters: Description of 30 different Flagella

Exceptions

Appendix

References

Index