Gliding motility

Spormann, A. M., Gliding motility in bacteria insights from studies of Myxococcus xanthus, Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev., 63, 621, 1999. 

Kappe, S. H., Buscaglia, C. A., Bergman, L. W., Coppens, I., and Nussenzweig, V. (2004a). Apicomplexan gliding motility and host cell invasion overhauling the motor model. Trends Parasitol. 20,13-16. 

A reorientation step has been observed in Plasmodium after attachment. It may result from a gradient of receptor distribution on merozoite surface, or from the presenee of apically located higher affinity receptors. This reorientation brings the apex in contact with the cell membrane, which is necessary for internalization. Such a passive reorientation step may not be present in other Sporozoa where gliding motility or conoid flexing could bring about the apical contact. 

Hodgkin, J. and Kaiser, D. (1979). Genetics of gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus (Myxobacterales) two gene systems control movement. Mol. Gen. Genet. 171, 177-191. 

Hoiczyk, E. and Baumeister, W. (1998). The junctional pore complex, a prokaryotic secretion organelle, is the molecular motor underlying gliding motility in cyanobacteria. Curr. Biol. 8, 1161-1168. 

Hoiczyk, E. (2000). Gliding motility in cyanobacteria observations and possible explanations. Arc/j. Microbiol. 174, 11-17. 

Rosenbluh, A. and Eisenbach, M. (1992). Effect of mechanical removal of pfli on gliding motility of Myxococcus xanthus. J. Bacteriol. 174, 5406-5413. 

Tieman, S., Koch, A. and White, D. (1996). Gliding motility in slide cultures of Myxococcus xanthus in stable and steep chemical gradients. J. Bacterial. 178, 3480-5485. 

Blackhart, B.D. and Zusman, D.R. (1985). Frizzy genes of Myxococcus xanthus are involved in control of frequency of reversal of gliding motility. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 82, 8767-8770. 

MacNeil, S.D., Mouzeyan, A. and Hartzell, P.L. (1994). Genes required for both gliding motility and development in Myxococcus xanthus. Mol. Microbiol. 14, 785-795. 

McBride, M.J. (2001). Racteiial gliding motility multiple mechanisms for cell movement over surfaces. Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 55, 49-75. 

Wu, S.S. and Kaiser, D. (1995). Genetic and functional evidence that type IV pili are required for social gliding motility in Myxococcus xanthus. Mol. Microbiol. 18, 547-558. 

Yang, Z., Ma, X., Tong, L., Kaplan, H.B., Shimkets, L.J. and Shi, W. (2000). Myxococcus xanthus dif genes are required for biogenesis of cell surface fibrils essential for social gliding motility. J, Bacteriol. 182, 5793-5798. 

A.L., and Melville, S.B. (2013) Use of a mariner-based transposon mutagenesis system to isolate Clostridium perfringens mutants deficient in gliding motility. / Bacterial., 195, 629-636. 

Organisms with gliding motility produce myxospores (microcysts, resting cells) during growth. Myxospores are spherical. 

Finally, osmotic gel swelling appears to propel certain bacterial locomotion, a phenomenon called gliding motility [61,62]. Cyanobacteria and myxobacteria glide on surfaces by hydration and extrusion of a gel from nozzle-like organelles [61,63,64]. 

McBride, M., Bacterial gliding motility mechanisms and mysteries. Am. Soc. Microbiol. News, 2000, 66 203210. 

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