Bacterial Flagellar Mechanics


Micron-sized bacterium (Vibrio alginolyticus) executing a 90 degree turn in a fraction of a second, which is enabled by a buckling instability in the flagellar hook and captured at 420 frames per second.


The kinematics of a micron-sized bacterium (Vibrio alginolyticus) executing a 90 degree turn in a fraction of a second, which tracked using high-speed video microscopy at 1000 frames per second.