How Bacteria Shift Gears
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Bacteria can change course almost instantaneously, zipping towards food or away from toxins. How do such simple organisms do something so complex? It’s all in the flagella, a tail-like structure with rotating helical filaments. The flagella work in unison to propel the cell forward by rotating counterclockwise and thus bundling together. When the flagella reverse their rotation to clockwise, they disrupt the bundle and make the cell tumble in place. When the flagella shift back to counterclockwise again, the bacteria set off on a new course.
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