Berg, Howard2017-10-162013Berg, Howard C. 2013. “Cell Motility: Turning Failure into Function.” Nature Physics 9 (8) (July 7): 460–461. doi:10.1038/nphys2678.1745-24731745-2481http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:34222824In their search for more favourable environments bacteria choose new directions to explore, usually at random. In a marine bacterium with a single polar flagellum it is now shown that this quest is enhanced by a buckling instability.en-USJournal Article2017-10-1610.1038/nphys2678