What’s Special About

Bacteria?Matthew Baker

Diarrhea and Dödgy Döners

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A self assembling motor, composed of 45 proteins, that can rotate at up to 40,000 rpm, and switch direction of rotation in 10ms.

Bacteria

• Everywhere: 10 times as many bacterial cells in the gut as there are human cells

ThanksAnimations: Keichi Namba Lab, Osaka Uni

Photos: Brett Tully: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brett-tully/

Doners: Bodrum Kebab, 242 Cowley Road

Sperm:E. Coli: Howard Berg’s Lab, Harvard.http://www.rowland.org/labs/bacteria/

Human Flora:Bajzer, M and Seeley, R.Nature 444, 1009-1010

Different bacteria TEM: Wikicommons

Aaron and Karen: BBCwww.phatmattbaker.com