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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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Exploring the molecular mechanisms of bacterial flagellar motors (VIDEO)
This video presents a study in which, using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers determined the structure and mechanisms of a key component in the flagellar motor, which bacteria use to turn their ...
Synthetic mini-motor: Researchers convert chemical energy into rotational energy at the supramolecular level
the flagella, and thus move around. Synthetic replicas of this process have not existed until now. In the future, the new ...
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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 ...