The study shows that in liquid environments, where bacteria rely on movement to navigate, the rotation of flagella acts as a mechanical signal that turns on a set of genes required for DNA transfer.

A new class of enzymes has been discovered in ... making this potentially one of the largest enzyme structures known." Bacterial flagella are filaments composed of around 20,000 proteins that ...

An underwater robot can delicately propel itself in any direction with its 12 flexible arms, inspired by the flagella of bacteria. Its creators claim it can carry out underwater inspections ...

Their study, published in Microbiological Research, reveals that bacteria can evolve by losing their flagella, the structures responsible for movement. Flagella are important for bacteria because ...

About half of known bacteria species use a flagella to move — a rotating appendage that functions like a propellor. The flagella have motors behind them with tiny cylinders that look almost mechanical ...

Among the most important PAMPs is flagellin, the main protein in bacterial flagella—the whip-like structures bacteria use to propel themselves. "Early detection of the enemy is a central tenet ...

Early on in the research, the scientists discovered that it was the bacterial flagella—part of the cell that aids in movement—that enables the bacteria to invade cancer cells. So they ...

The research team discovered that the rotation of flagella in Bacillus subtilis acts as a mechanical signal that activates key conjugation genes. This enables donor bacteria to form clusters with ...