Microbes don't hit the brakes to stop; they just pump the clutch.
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Blair, K. M., Turner, L., Winkelman, J. T., Berg, H. C. & Kearns, D. B. Science 320, 1636–1638 (2008).
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Whitfield, J. Bacterial engines have their own clutch. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.903
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