Block S M, Fahrner K A, Berg H C
Rowland Institute for Science, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142.
J Bacteriol. 1991 Jan;173(2):933-6. doi: 10.1128/jb.173.2.933-936.1991.
We have imaged individual flagellar filaments of Escherichia coli, a motile Streptococcus sp., and Rhizobium meliloti by video-enhanced differential interference-contrast microscopy (Nomarski DIC) and computer-based image processing. This approach has advantages over existing methods in that filaments on living cells can be seen over their entire lengths.