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 ...
High-speed microscopy reveals real-time protein translocation across a bacterial membrane
Protein translocation is an essential, nano-scale dynamic process that facilitates the movement of proteins across cellular ...
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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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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 ...
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 ...