Department of Physics
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97201
Telephone: (626) 395-2405
Email: nadeau@pdx.edu
The Motility Database is an open archive of videos of microbial motility in three dimensions for scientists, educators, and the public.
Questions we intend to investigate are:
To access to the motility database via anonymous ftp (read only), go to: Motility Database
If you would like to contribute additional data or analysis, please send an email to nadeau@pdx.edu
Most of the files in the database are in zipped collections - the unzipped collection provides an example of the file structure. Please contact us at the email address above for additional metadata details.
This video shows motile Salmonella bacteria labeled with gas vesicles. This video consists of a reconstructed phase sequence at a single z-plane.
Gas vesicles confer positive phase contrast. Stay tuned for a publication!
Department of Physics
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97201
Telephone: (626) 395-2405
Email: nadeau@pdx.edu