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Gliding Motility in Phormidium lacuna Filaments
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2025
Source: Weber, N., et al., Natural Transformation, Protein Expression, and Cryoconservation of the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Phormidium lacuna. J. Vis. Exp. (2022)This video demonstrates the procedure to assess gliding motility in Phormidium lacuna by homogenizing filament cultures to create a uniform suspension, preparing a Petri plate assay setup over a microscope slide, and visualizing filament movement.
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Flexural Rigidity Measurements of Biopolymers Using Gliding Assays
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2012
A method to measure the persistence length or flexural rigidity of biopolymers is described. The method uses a kinesin-driven microtubule gliding assay to experimentally determine the persistence length of individual microtubules and is adaptable to actin-based gliding assays.
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Velocity Potential
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2025
In steady, incompressible flow through a long, straight pipe with a uniform cross-section, the flow in the central region (far from the pipe walls) is irrotational. This irrotational nature means that fluid particles do not rotate around their axes, and a scalar function called the velocity potential, represented by ϕ, can be used to describe their movement. In irrotational flows, the velocity field V is defined as the gradient of the velocity potential: Since taking the curl of a gradient is...
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Velocity of an Object
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2025
Understanding how an object moves along a path requires distinguishing between motion over a time span and motion at a precise moment. A useful example is a vehicle traveling along a straight and level path, where its position at any given time is known. The initial step in analyzing this motion is to measure how far the vehicle travels over a fixed time period. This measurement, called average velocity, is computed by dividing the total change in position by the duration over which the change...
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Average Velocity
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2023
To calculate the other physical quantities in kinematics, we must introduce the time variable. The time variable allows us not only to state the position of the object during its motion, but also how fast it is moving. The speed at which an object is moving is given by the rate at which the position changes with time. For each position xi, we assign a particular time ti. If the details of the motion at each instant are not important, the rate is usually expressed as the average velocity. This...
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Gliding velocity reflects a balance between force generation and resistance from the surrounding environment. Coordinated surface adhesion can provide traction, contractile forces can drive deformation or displacement, and propulsion systems can contribute movement through a medium. If generated force changes or environmental resistance increases, the measured speed or direction may change, revealing how the locomotion system operates.
Surface adhesion supports traction against a surface, contractile forces generate internal mechanical work, and propulsion systems drive movement through a medium. These mechanisms can be distinguished by examining how locomotion responds to different surfaces, chemical conditions, or inhibitors. The comparison links a measured change in velocity to the process most likely influencing movement.
Surface properties, chemical conditions, and inhibitors can alter the balance between generated force and environmental resistance. A change in any of these factors may therefore produce a different speed or direction. Comparing measurements under controlled changes helps identify whether movement depends strongly on adhesion, contractile activity, propulsion, or the surrounding conditions.
Comparing values across organisms or genetic variants can expose biological differences in motility. A higher or lower measured speed, or a change in direction, may indicate that the systems differ in their movement machinery or its regulation. Such comparisons help researchers characterize variation rather than treating locomotion as a single uniform trait.
A useful workflow begins by measuring movement of the biological system, recording both how fast it travels and the direction of travel. Researchers can then compare those measurements among organisms or genetic variants, or after changing surfaces, chemical conditions, or inhibitors. This approach links a quantitative locomotion readout to specific biological or environmental differences.
These measurements can be used to investigate microbial behavior, host colonization, development, and tissue invasion. In each setting, researchers can examine how movement changes among organisms or genetic variants, or under altered surfaces, chemical conditions, and inhibitors. The resulting comparisons connect locomotor performance with biological processes relevant to those contexts.