I don't know of any fluorescent staining methods, but I do remember that:
1) in many cases flagella can be seen under polarized light - if the bugs
are too motile, you can try making a slide with 0.7% agar
2) careful heat fixation (or fixation in Os vapors) and staining with
protein-binding dyes like crystal violet allows to see flagella, too.
Otherwise check Methods of Mol. Bacteriology, Ed. Gerhardt (don't remember
year, might be wrong with the title, too, but you can find it in
Amazon.com).
Emir
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> Hi everyone
>> I would like to detect the presence of flagella on bacteria,
> preferentially by fluorescence.
>> Does anyone know of a flagellum specific fluorescent stain, perhaps an
> antibody that recognises flagella of a variety of species?
>> Thanks in advance
>> Gerhard Nebe-von-Caron
