gliding motility

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gliding motility

[¦glīd·iŋ mō′til·əd·ē]

(microbiology)

A means of bacterial self-propulsion by slow gliding or creeping movements on the surface of a substrate.

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The model of gliding motility would prefer the forward gliding [16], and in most apicomplexan parasites this is observed in connection with banana or arch-shaped parasite cells.

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