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 ...
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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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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 ...
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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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NITech 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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
Meet the Microbes That Breathe Nitrate Instead of Oxygen – And They’re Everywhere
Scientists have discovered a remarkable new form of symbiosis — a bacterium that lives inside a single-celled organism (a ...
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Self-Assembling 'Nanoflowers' Ward Off Wound Infections
Integrating the nanoflowers into a wound dressing helps to fight harmful bacteria while keeping healthy human cells intact.