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THE primary factor used in Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology1 for the division of Gram-negative rods into families is the flagellation of the cells. The method has always proved a source of difficulty and has led to much confusion as to the taxonomic position of cultures. This point was well illustrated by Dye2, who produced micrographs of cells of a culture of Xanthomonas trifolii in which polar or lateral monotrichous and peritrichous flagellation could all be demonstrated.
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ORR, D., TAYLOR, M. Effect of Incubation Temperature on the Flagellation of Gram-negative Rods. Nature 208, 1017 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2081017a0
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