Swimming performance of <i>Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens</i> is an emergent property of its two flagellar systems

Many bacterial species use flagella for self-propulsion in aqueous media. In the soil, which is a complex and structured environment, water is found in microscopic channels where viscosity and water potential depend on the composition of the soil solution and the degree of soil water saturation. The...

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Autores principales: Quelas, Juan Ignacio, Althabegoiti, María Julia, Jimenez Sanchez, Celia, Melgarejo, Augusto Argentino, Marconi, Verónica I., Mongiardini, Elías Javier, Trejo, Sebastián Alejandro, Mengucci, Florencia, Ortega Calvo, José Julio, Lodeiro, Aníbal Roberto
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Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/86697
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topic Ciencias Exactas
Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens
Flagellar systems
spellingShingle Ciencias Exactas
Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens
Flagellar systems
Quelas, Juan Ignacio
Althabegoiti, María Julia
Jimenez Sanchez, Celia
Melgarejo, Augusto Argentino
Marconi, Verónica I.
Mongiardini, Elías Javier
Trejo, Sebastián Alejandro
Mengucci, Florencia
Ortega Calvo, José Julio
Lodeiro, Aníbal Roberto
Swimming performance of <i>Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens</i> is an emergent property of its two flagellar systems
topic_facet Ciencias Exactas
Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens
Flagellar systems
description Many bacterial species use flagella for self-propulsion in aqueous media. In the soil, which is a complex and structured environment, water is found in microscopic channels where viscosity and water potential depend on the composition of the soil solution and the degree of soil water saturation. Therefore, the motility of soil bacteria might have special requirements. An important soil bacterial genus is <i>Bradyrhizobium</i>, with species that possess one flagellar system and others with two different flagellar systems. Among the latter is <i>B. diazoefficiens</i>, which may express its subpolar and lateral flagella simultaneously in liquid medium, although its swimming behaviour was not described yet. These two flagellar systems were observed here as functionally integrated in a swimming performance that emerged as an epistatic interaction between those appendages. In addition, each flagellum seemed engaged in a particular task that might be required for swimming oriented toward chemoattractants near the soil inner surfaces at viscosities that may occur after the loss of soil gravitational water. Because the possession of two flagellar systems is not general in <i>Bradyrhizobium</i> or in related genera that coexist in the same environment, there may be an adaptive tradeoff between energetic costs and ecological benefits among these different species.
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author Quelas, Juan Ignacio
Althabegoiti, María Julia
Jimenez Sanchez, Celia
Melgarejo, Augusto Argentino
Marconi, Verónica I.
Mongiardini, Elías Javier
Trejo, Sebastián Alejandro
Mengucci, Florencia
Ortega Calvo, José Julio
Lodeiro, Aníbal Roberto
author_facet Quelas, Juan Ignacio
Althabegoiti, María Julia
Jimenez Sanchez, Celia
Melgarejo, Augusto Argentino
Marconi, Verónica I.
Mongiardini, Elías Javier
Trejo, Sebastián Alejandro
Mengucci, Florencia
Ortega Calvo, José Julio
Lodeiro, Aníbal Roberto
author_sort Quelas, Juan Ignacio
title Swimming performance of <i>Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens</i> is an emergent property of its two flagellar systems
title_short Swimming performance of <i>Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens</i> is an emergent property of its two flagellar systems
title_full Swimming performance of <i>Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens</i> is an emergent property of its two flagellar systems
title_fullStr Swimming performance of <i>Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens</i> is an emergent property of its two flagellar systems
title_full_unstemmed Swimming performance of <i>Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens</i> is an emergent property of its two flagellar systems
title_sort swimming performance of <i>bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens</i> is an emergent property of its two flagellar systems
publishDate 2016
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/86697
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