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Internal structure of Mycoplasma mobile gliding machinery analyzed by negative staining electron tomography
(Minoru Fukushima, Takuma Toyonaga, Yuhei O. Tahara, Daisuke Nakane, Makoto Miyata, Biophysics and Physicobiology 21, e210015 (2024), DOI: 10.2142/biophysico.bppb-v21.0015)
Mycoplasma mobile is a parasitic bacterium that forms gliding machinery on the cell pole and glides on a solid surface in the direction of the cell pole (Left upper). The gliding machinery consists of both internal and surface structures (Left lower). The internal structure is divided into a bell at the front (right upper) and chain structure extending from the bell (right lower).