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Microscope images showing two species of algae which swim using tiny appendages known as flagella

Algae use their ‘tails’ to gallop and trot like quadrupeds

03 May 2016

Species of single-celled algae use whip-like appendages called flagella to coordinate their movements and achieve a remarkable diversity of swimming...

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Flagellated cell

Building ‘nanomachines’ in biological outer space

14 Nov 2013

New research reveals how bacteria construct tiny flagella ‘nanomachines’ outside the cell.

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