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I might be reading this description wrong, but I do distinctly recall going to a sadly, very very boring lecture three years ago where E. coli flagellum were described in terms of their two distinct ways of moving the cells: one motion was in sync, while the other was more random/out of sync, or something to that effect. Either, the above-described motion is something completely different, or scientists have rediscovered something someone already apparently knew. :S
Either way, go algae! Reply
Either way, go algae! Reply
@botanicidal: I was kind of wondering about this too - without looking anything up, I'm thinking it might be the difference between bacterium like E. coli being prokaryotes and algae being eukaryotes. Just a guess though.
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@RandomFrequentFlierDent: Also, another part of what makes this interesting is that the algae change motions based on biological, chemical, AND environmental factors. It's a lot more complex than this research team expected it to be.
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