The surface distribution of flagella in peritrichous bacterial cells has been traditionally assumed to be random. Recently, the presence of a regular grid-like pattern of basal bodies has been suggested. Experimentally, the manipulation of the anchoring points of flagella in the cell membrane is dif...
The shorter cell body of E. coli favors bundle formation at the rear part of the cell and a more parallel alignment of cell body and flag- ellar bundle, and correspondingly weak wobbling [29]. Specifically for short flagella, this is not the case for the longer cells and bundles are ...