Although there is no complete understanding of how these tiny motors work, many studies have deduced the presence of the above components. Inc. All rights reserved. All this is highly miniaturized. Eight million of these bacterial motors would fit in the circular cross section of a human hair. While bacteria are small, they are not simple.
Some plants have motors that are one-fifth the size of bacterial motors.
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