Bacteria Use Batman-Like Grappling Hooks To ‘Slingshot’ On Surfaces
Originally posted in Cystic Fibrosis News From Medical News Today
Bacteria use various appendages to move across surfaces prior to forming multicellular bacterial biofilms. Some species display a particularly jerky form of movement known as “twitching” motility, which is made possible by hairlike structures on their surface called type IV pili, or TFP…
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