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https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/1970/01/01/929115_b9P8uPkeKmc.jpg?quality=75480360Bacteria have been swimming before anything else in the world was walking, but we know relatively little about their method of locomotion. New research shows how bacteria use their flagella to run and tumble their way through a gooey medium.