Researchers have unseated a previous theory for the mechanism underlying bacterial flagella movement, changing our ...

It has been long been known that bacteria swim by rotating their tail-like structure called the flagellum. (See the swimming bacteria in the figure.) The rotating motion of the flagellum is powered by ...

SOME cilia and flagella beat in a complex three-dimensional manner, and, in addition, the angular velocity at the tip is greater than at the base. Presumably the bundle of fibrils which make up a ...

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing fresh insight into one of ...