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(a) Dark field image of the spiral-shaped end of Leptonema illini. Image courtesy of Stuart Goldstein. (b) Schematic diagram showing how the flagellar motor torque, T1, gets transmitted from the hook (yellow) to the flagellar filament (green). We assume that the torque is applied tangent to both the cell cylinder and the periplasmic flagellum.
