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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Microbiol. 2011 Oct 21;14(6):642–648. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2011.09.012

Figure 2. T. brucei cooperative motility on a surface.

Figure 2

In response to surface exposure, T. brucei cells assemble into small groups that migrate en masse across the surface and enlarge through recruitment of other cells. Panels are time-lapse images (see movie M1) showing movement of a group of parasites (top right of top panel) across the surface of a semisolid agarose plate, with dashed white line indicating starting position of the group. Bottom panel shows summary. Elapsed time is indicated in minutes. Scale bar is 100 um.