Bending stiffness characterization of Bacillus subtilis’ flagellar filament

• Main Authors: Shen, Xinhui, Tran, Phu N., Tay, Benjamin Zikai, Marcos
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Fluid mechanics; Bacteria; Flagellar Filament; Bending Stiffness; Bacillus Subtilis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159922
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The filament of a bacterial flagellum is a tube-like organelle made of single protein – flagellin, and assembled into multiple polymorphic forms. The filament can be further discretized into four subunit domains (D0, D1, D2 and D3) along the radial direction. However, it remains unclear which subuni...