Bacteria Filaments Can Bundle Together And Move Objects 100,000 ...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Thu, 04/17/2008 - 23:00

Scientists have discovered that tiny filaments on bacteria can bundle together and pull with forces far stronger than experts had previously thought possible.

Retraction forces from a bundle allow the bacterium to move objects 100,000 times its body weight.


 

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