Just like every other creature, bacteria have evolved creative ways of getting around. Sometimes this is easy, like swimming ...

Scientists have uncovered a new explanation for how swimming bacteria change direction, providing fresh insight into one of ...

Researchers have unseated a previous theory for the mechanism underlying bacterial flagella movement, changing our ...

Bacteria can effectively travel even without their propeller-like flagella — by “swashing” across moist surfaces using chemical currents, or by gliding along a built-in molecular conveyor belt. New ...

New studies from Arizona State University reveal surprising ways bacteria can move without their flagella - the slender, whip-like propellers that usually drive them forward. Movement lets bacteria ...

Bacteria can actively swim upstream, leading to severe infections in places like the urinary tract and respiratory system and ...