Species name： E. coli
Harvard UniversityDepartment of Molecular and Cellular BiologyHarvard Biological Labs Howard C. Berg
If a single flagellar filament, hook or polyhook is attached to the substratum, the cell body will spin (Silverman and Simon, 1974). The next two show tethered E. coli. Other tethered cells are shown under Miscellaneous movies: Attractant pipette, Electrorotation, Measuring torque.
Manson, M.D., Tedesco, P.M. and Berg, H.C. Energetics of flagellar rotation in bacteria. J. Mol. Biol. 138, 541-561 (1980).
Silverman, M. and Simon, M. Flagellar rotation and the mechanism of bacterial motility. Nature 149, 73-74 (1974).
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