Bacteria optimize their swimming behavior

Only the optimal length of the bacterial movement organ allows an efficient swimming behavior

Bacteria are a few micrometer sized unicellular organisms that can move in a fluid environment by rotating a propeller-like appendage, the flagellum. This ability to move is of great importance to many disease-causing bacteria, such as Salmonella. The locomotion organ of the bacteria here is surprisingly complex, consisting of thousands components of several micrometers length. Involved BRICS Group: Systems Immunology

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