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kalkulat@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · vor 5 Tagen

How do bacteria move? They have a motor.

www.quantamagazine.org

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How do bacteria move? They have a motor.

www.quantamagazine.org

kalkulat@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · vor 5 Tagen
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What Physical ‘Life Force’ Turns Biology’s Wheels? | Quanta Magazine
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The bacterial flagellar motor is finally understood after 50 years. In its workings, columnist Natalie Wolchover finds the essence of life.

TLDR: If the motor turns one way, they move in a straight line. If it turns the other way, they tumble. How do they hunt? They have chemical sensors.

Science paper: https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.03824-24

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  • Kairos@lemmy.today
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    Every single headline and article from quanta sounds like a freshman trying to make a word length minimum

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      That’s a good thing imo.

    • kalkulat@lemmy.worldOP
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      So what? go read the damned science paper at the link I supplied instead.

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        Who says I didn’t

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    For the lazy, the new info is about the actual structure of the flagellar motor.

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