Escherichia Colis: Howard C. Berg's Argument

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Escherichia coli, which is the most common bacillus of the human intestine is only about two micrometers long. Propelled by long whip like threads called flagellum, which is a singular flagellum, an E coli can move about ten times its own length in one second. Swimming seems easy for a creature virtually unaffected by a gravitational forces and moving through a easily yielding and supporting fluid. Howard C. Berg demonstrated how flagella operate compared to the bacterium that move in water to try and swim through asphalt. The bacteria cannot move because if its flagella stops moving it comes to an abrupt stop within about a millionth of its body length. The flagella works good in some circumstances. Berg modified the microscope to track individual

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