Yuan, JunyingBerg, Howard2011-02-222009Yuan, Junying, and Howard Curtis Berg. 2009. Following the behavior of the flagellar rotary motor near zero load. Experimental Mechanics, published online 09 September 2009. http://www.springerlink.com/content/5np0175062378620/0014-4851http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:4729513At room temperature at stall, the flagellar motor of the bacterium Escherichia coli exerts a torque of ~1300 pN nm. At zero external load, it spins ~330 Hz. Techniques for studying the motor near zero load are novel and are summarized here.en-USbacterial motilitylight scatteringnano-goldJournal Article2011-02-2210.1007/s11340-009-9290-1