Swimming motility of P. aeruginosa PAO1, its
ppk mutant, and a fliC control strain
derived from a P. aeruginosa PAK strain on a semisolid
agarose plate. Cells were inoculated with a toothpick from an overnight
LB agar plate onto a swim plate (tryptone broth plus 0.3% agarose) and
photographed after a 14-h incubation at 30°C. Strains: WT, PAO1;
Δppk, PAOM5; and ΔfliC, MS159.