Flagellar Motors: How Bacteria Achieve Nearly 100% Energy Efficiency
Electron microscopy images reveal crucial structures and mechanisms within the molecular machinery that certain bacteria use ...
The EMBO Journal1d
Comparison of cable bacteria genera reveals details of their conduction machinery
This study uncovers key morphological and ultrastructural similarities between cable bacteria genera. The periplasmic ...
Science Daily1d
Researchers shed light on the mechanisms of bacterial flagellar motors
Biological motors, which aid microorganism movement in fluids, are composed of two components -- the rotor and stators. Despite much research, the exact molecular mechanism underlying stator function ...
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Mechanisms of Bacterial Flagellar Motors Uncovered in Imaging Study
Using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers uncovered how sodium ions drive bacterial flagellar motors, revealing key ...
Bacterial flagellar motors: Study sheds light on their ion-driven mechanisms
When speaking of motors, most people think of those powering vehicles and human machinery. However, biological motors have ...
Nanowerk5d
Microscopy study of bacterial flagella motors could guide design of nanoscale machines
Researchers use cryo-electron microscopy to reveal how sodium ions power bacterial flagellar motors, providing insights for ...
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Tiny bacterial motions could provide big help in medical diagnosis
The need for new fast classification methods has become increasingly important. When a patient arrives at a medical center ...
Life on Earth Depends on Networks of Ocean Bacteria
Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...
Nature7d
A bacterial antiviral system detects and directly fights against infection
Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...