Coordination of two opposite flagella allows high-speed swimming and active turning of individual zoospores.

ABSTRACT: Phytophthora species cause diseases in a large variety of plants and represent a serious agricultural threat, leading, every year, to multibillion dollar losses. Infection occurs when their biflagellated zoospores move across the soil at their characteristic high speed and reach the roots of a host plant. Despite the relevance of zoospore spreading in the epidemics of plant diseases, individual swimming of zoospores have not been fully investigated. It remains unknown about the characteristics of two opposite beating flagella during translation and turning, and the roles of each flagellum on zoospore swimming. Here, combining experiments and modeling, we show how these two flagella contribute to generate thrust when beating together, and identify the mastigonemes-attached anterior f

SUBMITTER: Tran QD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9068220 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature