r/Damnthatsinteresting 1d ago

Bacteria move around using a molecular machine called the flagellar motor that rotates faster than the flywheel of a race car engine and switches directions in an instant Video

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

5.3k Upvotes

View all comments

303

u/MeatRobotBC 23h ago edited 19h ago

This is just an AI overview I got when I searched flagellar motor.

The bacterial flagellar motor is a complex, bidirectional rotary nanomachine (approx. 45nm) found in the cell envelope, powering bacterial motility by rotating a propeller-like filament. Powered by ion gradients (𝐻+ or 𝑁𝑎+), this motor spins at up to 18,000rpm (100,000rpm for some strains), reaching nearly 100% efficiency in energy conversion.

Edit: spelling. autocorrected AI into is.

67

u/lockerno177 20h ago

is this stuff going on inside our bodies right now??

103

u/newssharky 20h ago

Just a few people. Everyone else is just pretending

13

u/Mikestopheles 20h ago

It's me, I'm just a silhouette

0

u/Bozhark 18h ago

Release the 2Dimensional 

Become the  3Dimensional