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FIG. 5.
DIC images of the flagellar filament of R. sphaeroides. (A) Various flagellar conformations: a coiled form
(a), a functional helix (b), a helix relaxing into a coil (c), and an
apparently straight conformation (d). The cartoon shows the likely cell
size and the flagellar shape. (B) Filament changing between straight
and helical conformations. (C) Sequential formation of a functional
helix from a coiled filament. The two images at the top show the coiled
form rotating. Bars, 1 µm.
