Before revision: Bacteria such as Escherichia coli move about in a series of runs and tumbles: while a run state (straight motion) entails all the flagellar motors spinning in counterclockwise (CCW) mode, a tumble is caused by a shift in the state of one or more motors to clockwise (CW) spinning .
After revision: Bacteria such as Escherichia coli move about in a series of runs and tumbles: while a run state (straight motion) entails all the flagellar motors spinning in counterclockwise (CCW) mode, a tumble is caused by a shift in the state of one or more motors to clockwise spinning mode .