New research finds marine bacteria ditched their flagella and other traits when migrating back to the ocean

Scientists have discovered flagella in an unexpected place: hot spring-dwelling bacteria from the phylum Chloroflexota. Research shows that flagella were lost in other forms of Chloroflexota that adapted to marine environments hundreds of millions of years ago.


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Source: Phys.org