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tethered cell of bacteria

Species name: Escherichia coli

Nagoya University Michio Homma

Generally, bacteria are swimming by rotating flagella. If the flagellum is fixed on the surface of glass, the body of cell is rotated. Here, although it moves in a distinct waving way that the toque of flagellar rotation generates motility, from that of sperm flagellum.

(2012.10.24)

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