how do bacteria swim? by matt baker
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How do Bacteria Swim?!
Matt Baker
“E. coli, a self-replicating object only a thousandth of a millimeter in size, can swim 35 diameters a second, taste simple chemicals in its environment, and decide whether life is getting better or worse. ”
Howard C. Berg
A self assembling motor, composed of 45 protein complexes, that can rotate at up to 100,000 rpm, and switch direction of rotation in 10 ms.!
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