New publication on eLife about individual swimming of Phytophthora zoospores

Coordinated actions of two opposite flagella control speed and change direction of plant pathogen Phytophthora zoospores, in which the anterior flagellum is the main motor to generate thrust and spontaneously switch from reciprocal beating to breaststrokes to reorient its body.

The work has been published on eLife (https://elifesciences.org/articles/71227) and featured on eLife Digest.

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