bacterial flagellar motility

The spinning bacterium in the center provides a striking visual demonstration of flagellar motility in bacteria. Its flagellum (not visible) has become attached to the glass microscope slide. When the flagellar baseplate motor rotates, the cell spins in place. A microbial version of the tail wagging the dog as it were.

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[simsima34]

C'est un proteus?

[pirategal04]

@pirategal04 i saw this in my lab class and the first thing i thought of was leek spin xD

[pirategal04]

play this to this : /watch?v=VlMI6UN9Rws&feature=r­elated

[letscook4now]

wow

[Gairhym]

very cool ^^

[TheKatieMedia]

@BrodyPianist and @psarahdactyl hahah irk?? I think that crazy looking thing at 19 is a Diplobacillus Bacillus bacteria. which is pretty much just a few Bacillus (or rod shaped bacteria) that have colonized and stuck together. lol!

[Figueiramgl]

COOOOL! 

[foresigns]

Excellent demonstration

[drparisa]

What type of microscope was used ?

[SayItAintSO0]

breakdancing e. coli? lol cool i didnt know they did that