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Journal of Bacteriology, August 2009, p. 5312-5314, Vol. 191, No. 16
0021-9193/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00474-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Novel Cellular Organization in a Gliding Mycoplasma, Mycoplasma insons{triangledown}

Ryan F. Relich, Aaron J. Friedberg, and Mitchell F. Balish*

Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056

Received 7 April 2009/ Accepted 2 June 2009

Mycoplasmas that are known to exhibit gliding motility possess a differentiated tip structure. This polar organelle mediates cytadherence and gliding motor activity and contains a cytoskeleton-like component that provides structural support. Here, we describe gliding motility and a unique cytoskeleton in Mycoplasma insons, which lacks any obviously differentiated tip structure.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056. Phone: (513) 529-0167. Fax: (513) 529-2431. E-mail: BalishMF{at}MUOhio.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 12 June 2009.

Journal of Bacteriology, August 2009, p. 5312-5314, Vol. 191, No. 16
0021-9193/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00474-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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