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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Microbiol. 2015 Oct 14;99(1):88–110. doi: 10.1111/mmi.13218

Table 6.

Comparison of experimental median speeds in PGM 15 mg mL−1 and predictions of Resistive Force Theory model implementations.

Strain Median speed in PGMa 15 mg mL−1(μm/s) Shb +/− SEc ShNfd +/− SEb
LSH100 6.5 115 +/− 10 345
PMSS1 12.2 120 +/− 7 480
B128 12.5 132 +/− 8 396
B128 sRNA_T 14.9 116 +/− 8 464
Strains compared Ratio of median speed in PGMa 15 mg mL−1 Ratio of Sh +/− SEb Ratio of ShNf +/− SEb
sRNA_T/B128 1.2 1.9 +/− 0.1 1.2 +/− 0.1
sRNA_T/PMSS1 1.2 1.0 +/− 0.1 1.0 +/− 0.1
B128/PMSS1 1.0 1.1 +/− 0.1 0.8 +/− 0.1
LSH100/PMSS1 0.5 1.0 +/− 0.1 0.7 +/− 0.2
a

PGM: Purified gastric mucin at pH 6.0.

b

SE: Standard error.

c

Sh: Shape factor.

d

ShNf: the product of shape factor and median flagellum number.