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Methods to Evaluate Bacterial Motility and Its Role in Bacterial–Host Interactions by Victoria Palma; María Soledad Gutiérrez; Orlando Vargas; Raghuveer Parthasarathy; Paola Navarrete is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.
Bacterial motility is a widespread characteristic that can provide several advantages for the cell, allowing it to move towards more favorable conditions and enabling host-associated processes such as colonization. There are different bacterial motility types, and their expression is highly regulated by the environmental conditions. Because of this, methods for studying motility under realistic experimental conditions are required. A wide variety of approaches have been developed to study bacterial motility. Here, we present the most common techniques and recent advances and discuss their strengths as well as their limitations. We classify them as macroscopic or microscopic and highlight the advantages of three-dimensional imaging in microscopic approaches. Lastly, we discuss methods suited for studying motility in bacterial–host interactions, including the use of the zebrafish model.
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- Author
- Victoria Palma; María Soledad Gutiérrez; Orlando Vargas; Raghuveer Parthasarathy; Paola Navarrete
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)