Table 2.

Cryo-ET reconstructions of intact cells of WT, ΔflaG, and ΔflaG+ strains show the filament length and the numbers of the flagellar filament and motor at each cell pole

Strains	Flagellar length	Motor number*	Filament number**
ΔflaG (cell 1)	~0.3 μm	1	1
	>3.5 μm
	~0.4 μm	2	2
ΔflaG (cell 2)	~0.3 μm	2	2
	~0.1 μm
	>8.0 μm	2	2
	~0.1 μm
ΔflaG (cell 3)	~0.4 μm	2	2
	~0.1 μm
	>9.0 μm	2	2
	~0.1 μm
WT (cell 1)	>3.0 μm	2	2
	>4.0 μm	3	3
WT (cell 2)	>6.0 μm	2	2
	>5.0 μm	2	2
WT (cell 3)	>3.0 μm	2	2
	>4.0 μm	2	2
ΔflaG+ (cell 1)	>4.0 μm	2	2
	>3.0 μm	2	2

^*Number of flagellar motors visualized at the cell poles;

^**Number of flagellar filaments visualized at the cell poles.