Daisuke Nakane
@nakanelab.bsky.social
Microbiology & Biophysics Lab in UEC Japan.
How microbes move, sense, and adapt using quantitative and imaging approaches.
How microbes move, sense, and adapt using quantitative and imaging approaches.
Just published a new co‑authored paper! Bacteria that prey on other bacteria move several times faster than E. coli.
youtu.be/mHIdgpourCk
doi.org/10.1111/1462...
youtu.be/mHIdgpourCk
doi.org/10.1111/1462...
Swimming motility of Bdellovibrio
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January 30, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Just published a new co‑authored paper! Bacteria that prey on other bacteria move several times faster than E. coli.
youtu.be/mHIdgpourCk
doi.org/10.1111/1462...
youtu.be/mHIdgpourCk
doi.org/10.1111/1462...
Reposted by Daisuke Nakane
a long underestimated discipline in the microbial olympics 👇
#MicroSky
#MicroSky
#NatMicroPicks
A bacterial symbiont wraps its flagllar filaments around its cell body to propel itself through narrow gut passages in its stinkbug host and hook flexibility is key for this 🪲🦠
by Yoshitomo Kikuchi & co @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A bacterial symbiont wraps its flagllar filaments around its cell body to propel itself through narrow gut passages in its stinkbug host and hook flexibility is key for this 🪲🦠
by Yoshitomo Kikuchi & co @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bacteria break through one-micrometer-square passages by flagellar wrapping - Nature Communications
Yoshioka et al. show that bacteria wrap their flagella to squeeze through near cell-width confinements, which allows symbiotic microbes to navigate constricted gut regions within insect hosts.
www.nature.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:08 AM
a long underestimated discipline in the microbial olympics 👇
#MicroSky
#MicroSky
Reposted by Daisuke Nakane
Certain symbiotic bacteria navigate extremely narrow passages by wrapping their flagella around their bodies, using a screw-like motion enabled by a flexible joint in the flagellum. doi.org/hbmctx
Bacteria use wrapping flagella to tunnel through microscopic passages, research reveals
Researchers have discovered how bacteria break through spaces barely larger than themselves, by wrapping their flagella around their bodies and moving forward.
phys.org
January 25, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Certain symbiotic bacteria navigate extremely narrow passages by wrapping their flagella around their bodies, using a screw-like motion enabled by a flexible joint in the flagellum. doi.org/hbmctx
Reposted by Daisuke Nakane
#NatMicroPicks
A bacterial symbiont wraps its flagllar filaments around its cell body to propel itself through narrow gut passages in its stinkbug host and hook flexibility is key for this 🪲🦠
by Yoshitomo Kikuchi & co @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A bacterial symbiont wraps its flagllar filaments around its cell body to propel itself through narrow gut passages in its stinkbug host and hook flexibility is key for this 🪲🦠
by Yoshitomo Kikuchi & co @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Bacteria break through one-micrometer-square passages by flagellar wrapping - Nature Communications
Yoshioka et al. show that bacteria wrap their flagella to squeeze through near cell-width confinements, which allows symbiotic microbes to navigate constricted gut regions within insect hosts.
www.nature.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:56 PM
#NatMicroPicks
A bacterial symbiont wraps its flagllar filaments around its cell body to propel itself through narrow gut passages in its stinkbug host and hook flexibility is key for this 🪲🦠
by Yoshitomo Kikuchi & co @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A bacterial symbiont wraps its flagllar filaments around its cell body to propel itself through narrow gut passages in its stinkbug host and hook flexibility is key for this 🪲🦠
by Yoshitomo Kikuchi & co @natcomms.nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Excited to share our new paper in Nature Communications!
We found how a tiny bacterium turns itself into a “tunneling machine.”
youtu.be/0Og4p0xUtzc
youtu.be/9K_wBF9q-3w
Here is a brief introduction.
go.nature.com/48mON69
We found how a tiny bacterium turns itself into a “tunneling machine.”
youtu.be/0Og4p0xUtzc
youtu.be/9K_wBF9q-3w
Here is a brief introduction.
go.nature.com/48mON69
Bacteria use wrapping flagella to tunnel through microscopic passages
YouTube video by UEC Nakane Lab
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Excited to share our new paper in Nature Communications!
We found how a tiny bacterium turns itself into a “tunneling machine.”
youtu.be/0Og4p0xUtzc
youtu.be/9K_wBF9q-3w
Here is a brief introduction.
go.nature.com/48mON69
We found how a tiny bacterium turns itself into a “tunneling machine.”
youtu.be/0Og4p0xUtzc
youtu.be/9K_wBF9q-3w
Here is a brief introduction.
go.nature.com/48mON69
Here is a video of bacteria tunnel through in narrow passages.
youtu.be/9K_wBF9q-3w
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
youtu.be/9K_wBF9q-3w
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Bacterial movement in quasi-one-dimensional device (Q-1D) mimicking insect's sorting organ.
YouTube video by UEC Nakane Lab
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Here is a video of bacteria tunnel through in narrow passages.
youtu.be/9K_wBF9q-3w
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
youtu.be/9K_wBF9q-3w
doi.org/10.1038/s414...
First post!
Our lab explores microbial motility, cell–environment interactions, and quantitative approaches to understand living systems. Excited to join the scientific community here.
Our lab explores microbial motility, cell–environment interactions, and quantitative approaches to understand living systems. Excited to join the scientific community here.
January 29, 2026 at 3:53 AM
First post!
Our lab explores microbial motility, cell–environment interactions, and quantitative approaches to understand living systems. Excited to join the scientific community here.
Our lab explores microbial motility, cell–environment interactions, and quantitative approaches to understand living systems. Excited to join the scientific community here.