How well bacteria move and sense their environment directly affects their success in surviving and spreading. About half of known bacteria species use a flagella to move — a rotating appendage that ...
A bacterium that thrives in warm coastal waters propels itself with a whip-like tail wrapped in a protective sleeve, and for ...
Researchers at King’s College London have resolved the atomic structure of a protective sheath around the flagellum of Vibrio alginolyticus, revealing how it maintains flexibility at high speeds. The ...