55 Bacteria swim using a corkscrew-like helical flagellum that rotates. For a bacterium with a flagellum that has a pitc
Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2022 7:48 pm
55 Bacteria swim using a corkscrew-like helical flagellum that rotates. For a bacterium with a flagellum that has a pitch of 1.00 um that rotates at 163 rev/s, how fast could it swim if there were no “slippage" in the medium in which it is swimming? The pitch of a helix is the distance between “threads." pe r here te vra how leste D um/s