The evolution of eukaryotes represents one of the most fundamental transitions in the history
of life on Earth; however, there is little consensus as to when or over what timescale it …

For many bacteria, motility is essential for survival, growth, virulence, biofilm formation and
intra/interspecies interactions. Since natural environments differ, bacteria have evolved …

A bean bug symbiont, Burkholderia sp. RPE64, selectively colonizes the gut crypts by
flagella-mediated motility: however, the mechanism for this colonization remains unclear …

Motile archaea swim using a rotary filament, the archaellum, a surface appendage that
resembles bacterial flagella structurally, but is homologous to bacterial type IV pili. Little is …

In this paper, we describe super-resolved sampling of live bacteria based on extraordinary
optical transmission (EOT) of light. EOT is produced by surface plasmon confinement and …

Highlights•A bacterium, Mycoplasma mobile glides by a unique mechanism.•It uses ATP
energy to repeatedly catch, pull, and release sialylated oligosaccharides on host cells with …

Spiroplasma are helical bacteria that lack a peptidoglycan layer. They are widespread
globally as parasites of arthropods and plants. Their infectious processes and survival are …

Mycoplasma pneumoniae forms a membrane protrusion at a cell pole and is known to
adhere to solid surfaces, including animal cells, and can glide on these surfaces with a …

Mycoplasma mobile, a fish pathogen, exhibits gliding motility using ATP hydrolysis on solid
surfaces, including animal cells. The gliding machinery can be divided into surface and …

Mycoplasma mobile, a fish pathogen, glides on solid surfaces by repeated catch, pull, and
release of sialylated oligosaccharides by a unique mechanism based on ATP energy. The …