Body-wrapping anterior flagella drive ultrafast swimming in bacterial zoospores
Naoki A. Uemura, Tsubasa Ishida, Yoshiyuki Sowa, Moon‐Sun Jang, Takeaki Tezuka, Daisuke Nakane, Yasuo Ohnishi
The paper identifies a new swimming mechanism in Actinoplanes missouriensis zoospores using anterior flagella bundles, achieving ultrafast speeds through supramolecular organization rather than motor speed.
bioRxiv · Mar 31, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology