Two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis was carried out as previously described (Kurniyati et al., 2017 (link)). Equal amounts of purified PFs were resuspended in a rehydration buffer (5 M urea, 2 M thiourea, 2% CHAPS, 2% SB 3-10, 0.2% Bio-Lyte 3/10 Ampholyte, 40 mM Tris, and 0.0002% Bromophenol Blue) and then subjected to separation using 7 cm long pH 5→8 linear IPG strips. The first dimension of isoelectric focusing (IEF) was performed using PROTEAN IEF (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA), followed by equilibration according to the manufacturer's protocol. The second-dimension separation was carried out using sodium-dodecyl-sulfate polyacrylamide-gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) as described previously (Kurniyati et al., 2017 (link)). The resultant gels were subjected to Coomassie blue staining or immunoblotting analyses. The antibodies against T. pallidum FlaBs and T. denticola FlaA and DnaK are described in our previous publications (Kurniyati et al., 2017 (link), Kurniyati & Li, 2016 (link)). The stoichiometry of each flagellar filament protein was analyzed using Image Lab software from Bio-Rad (Bio-Rad).