Figure 5. Rotation of polar flagella reduces the phage infectivity.

(A) Mutation of pomA does not affect the polar flagella production. (B) Mutation of pomA reduces bacterial swimming ability. (C) Growth curve of WT, ∆pomA, ∆pomA: ppomA in the presence of phage OWB (C). The growth curve of WT in the absence of phage was included as a control (C, black solid circle).