Microbial Primer: The bacterial flagellum - how bacteria swim.

Microbiology (Reading)

Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.

Published: January 2024

Bacteria swim using membrane-spanning, electrochemical gradient-powered motors that rotate semi-rigid helical filaments. This primer provides a brief overview of the basic synthesis, structure and operation of these nanomachines. Details and variations on the basic system can be found in suggested further reading.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10866024PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.001406DOI Listing

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