Reverse and flick: Hybrid locomotion in bacteria

Many bacteria are motile. They use one or more helical flagella as propellers, rotating them like the corkscrew on a wine bottle opener. Despite the limited morphological repertoire of the propulsive system, radically different movement strategies have evolved, likely reflecting the diversity of phy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stocker, Roman
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77973
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3199-0508