Investigating bacteroidetes gliding motility
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Oxford
Department Name: Interdisciplinary Bioscience DTP
Abstract
Bacteria is known to explore its milieu using pili or agella as motors. A somewhat more exotic and less studied form of movement is gliding motility. In the Bacteroidetes clade is a type of gliding motility that is powered by a secretion system. The mechanics of gliding motility are still mainly unknown, but it seems to crawl over surfaces much like a tank does, propelling adhesins in a helical path along the rod-shaped cell body and moves relative to those adhesins. In this research project, I will investigate the mechanisms by which the adhesins are secreted to, and propelled around, the cell surface.
This is a basic science research project, underpinning the BBSRC research priorities "Animal health" and "Combating antimicrobial resistance".
This is a basic science research project, underpinning the BBSRC research priorities "Animal health" and "Combating antimicrobial resistance".
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Benjamin Berks (Primary Supervisor) |
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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BB/M011224/1 | 01/10/2015 | 31/03/2024 | |||
1947216 | Studentship | BB/M011224/1 | 01/10/2017 | 31/12/2021 |