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Bacteria flagellum se have been put in place with a perfect
mechanical design. Scientists have de-
Flagella, allowing bacteria to move
termined that these proteins send signals
in a fluid environment, attached to the
that start and stop the flagellum, that the-
membrane covering the bacteria’s cell
ir articulations allow movement at the
surface, and their whiplike movement
atomic level or set in motion the proteins
allows the bacteria to swim quickly from
that attach the flagellum to the cell mem-
place to place.
brane. Models constructed to make it
These flagella have long been known
simpler to understand the motor’s func-
about, but only in the last 10 years has
tioning have not been sufficient to expla-
their structure been observed carefully,
in its complexity.
to the surprise of the scientific world.
The flagellum possesses a structure
Contrary to what had been supposed, the
that cannot be simply explained, and its
undulation of the flagellum is not the re-
complex structure of bacterium’s flagel-
sult of a simple mechanism, but of a
lum is enough to show the invalidity of
very complex organic motor.
the theory of evolution. If there were any
The bacterium’s flagellum is mecha-
deficiency in the number or quality of
nically similar to electric motors. There
any of the molecular particles in its ma-
are two main movements: a moving ro-
keup, the flagellum could not function
tor and a non-moving stator.
and would be useless to the bacterium.
This organic motor is different from
The flagellum must have functioned per-
other systems that cause organic move-
fectly from the moment it came into
ment. The cell does not use the energy
existence.
stored in it in the form of ATP molecu-
This proves once again that the evo-
les; it uses energy from acids in its mem-
lutionist claims of stage-by-stage deve-
brane. The inner structure of the motor is
lopment in untenable. And so far, no
highly complex: About 240 different
evolutionist biologist has tried to explain
proteins make up the flagellum, and the-
the origins of these flagella, which also
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