First direct visualization of archaella's rotation using cross-kymography
Thursday, October 27, 2016 - 09:31
in Biology & Nature
Microorganisms have sophisticated motility mechanisms that enable them to move in response to changes in the environment. These mechanisms are well characterized in bacteria, which use flagella to propel themselves. In contrast, little is known about how archaea swim. In a study published recently by Yoshiaki Kinosita and co-authors in Nature Microbiology, researchers at Gakushuin University and Tohoku University clarified how the swimming model archaeon Halobacterium salinarum produces motility by using its rotary archaella filaments.