The flagellum is one of nature's smallest and most powerful motors -- ones like those produced by B. subtilis can rotate more than 200 times per second, driven by 1,400 piconewton-nanometers of ...

In reverse motion, the flagellum pulls on the cell; when the cell moves forward again the flagellum goes from pulling to pushing. The team showed that above a certain speed, the hook buckles ...

The flagellum is one of nature's smallest and most powerful motors -- ones like those produced by B. subtilis can rotate more than 200 times per second, driven by 1,400 piconewton-nanometers of ...

To function properly and propel the bacterium, the flagellum requires all of its components to fit together to exacting measurements. In a new study, researchers report the eludication of a ...

Millions of people worldwide are affected by African sleeping sickness, Chagas disease and other life-threatening infections caused by microscopic parasites borne by insects such as the tsetse fly.

The presence of a persistent flagellum in V. repens suggests that the common ancestor of this group may have been flagellated. These findings offer valuable insights into the evolutionary history ...

The flagellum is assembled in a highly organized manner involving the stepwise addition of each of its internal parts. However, ... Cell & Microbiology Apr 26, 2018 0 6 ...

Although the presence of the flagellum seemed essential for in vitro attachment, the property of motility was neither necessary nor sufficient. Since it was possible to demonstrate independently both ...

Letter Published: 16 August 1941 Mechanics of a Flagellum A. G. LOWNDES Nature 148, 198 (1941) Cite this article ...

The flagellum is one of nature's smallest and most powerful motors. The flagellum of some bacteria can, for example, rotate more than 200 times per second, driven by 1,400 piconewton-nanometers of ...