{"id":34485,"date":"2017-02-13T08:24:04","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T16:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/bacteria-have-biological-wheels-that-we-can-finally-see-in-3d"},"modified":"2017-04-24T18:52:47","modified_gmt":"2017-04-25T01:52:47","slug":"bacteria-have-biological-wheels-that-we-can-finally-see-in-3d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/bacteria-have-biological-wheels-that-we-can-finally-see-in-3d","title":{"rendered":"Bacteria Have \u2018Biological Wheels\u2019 That We Can Finally See In 3D"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/bacteria-have-biological-wheels-that-we-can-finally-see-in-3d.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among bacteria\u2019s many attributes, perhaps one of its most overlooked yet important ones is its ability to propel itself via flagellum, a unique appendage hanging off its end. This mechanism is a perfect example of a naturally occurring, biological wheel.<\/p>\n<p>Now, for the first time, scientists were able to take a high resolution, 3D look at these wheels at work, using an electron microscope. Their work was published online yesterday in the journal, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2016\/03\/09\/1518952113.abstract\"><em>PNAS<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A flagella is like a tiny tail at the end of the bacteria, allowing it to move through various mediums. It generates torque (that\u2019s twisting force) from stators, a ring of structures around the motor part of the organ. These act as the wheel providing the power.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/3d-view-biological-wheels-that-let-bacteria-move?con=TrueAnthem&amp;dom=fb&amp;src=SOC&amp;utm_campaign=&amp;utm_content=58a161a719d6ba0007f8d337&amp;utm_medium=&amp;utm_source=\">http:\/\/www.popsci.com\/3d-view-biological-wheels-that-let-bac...tm_source=<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among bacteria\u2019s many attributes, perhaps one of its most overlooked yet important ones is its ability to propel itself via flagellum, a unique appendage hanging off its end. This mechanism is a perfect example of a naturally occurring, biological wheel. Now, for the first time, scientists were able to take a high resolution, 3D look [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":413,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34485"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48925,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34485\/revisions\/48925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}