“Spirochetes, for example, cause Lyme disease and syphilis. But to do that, they have to get through blood and other fluids, which they do in this erratic, corkscrew motion. The bacteria is generating thrust with flagella (though it's important to not that bacterial flagella are a completely distinct thing from the eukaryotic flagella we mentioned earlier). And spirochetes use their flagella in a way that's weird even for bacteria. They keep their flagella inside them, sandwiched between their membranes. And as the flagella rotate internally, they drive the entire spirochete to rotate and move. This mechanism doesn't just move the spirochete, it also helps them dig deeper into the dense bits inside us that are more difficult for other bacteria to penetrate.”
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