The archaellum: an old motility structure with a new name

2012/05/22 by Ken F. Jarrell, Sonja‐Verena Albers, Sonja-Verena Albers · 1 voice · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Environmental Science · #Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology #Bacteriophages and microbial interactions #Protist diversity and phylogeny

paper · doi:10.1016/j.tim.2012.04.007

openalex publication_date 2012/05/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Citations

• Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya.

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Discussions

• TIL: the propeller-like rotating tail of some archaea is called the archaellum, because although it looks similar to a bacterial flagellum it evolved independently 🧪 doi.org/10.1016/j.ti... [bsky, 7 points, 1 comments]