{
  "id": 581107,
  "title": "Do a motor always have a 'tail'? ",
  "url": "/competitions/byu-locating-bacterial-flagellar-motors-2025/discussion/581107",
  "author_name": "",
  "post_date": "2025-05-28T11:11:09.053004600Z",
  "votes": 2,
  "comment_count": 3,
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  "content": "<p>Or is a tail always visible? Are tails or structures similar to tails without motors?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": "3211383",
      "postDate": "05/28/2025 11:11:09",
      "content": "<p>Or is a tail always visible? Are tails or structures similar to tails without motors?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Or is a tail always visible? Are tails or structures similar to tails without motors?",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3211414",
      "postDate": "05/28/2025 11:58:45",
      "content": "<p>Hi. No, target could lose it.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Hi. No, target could lose it.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3211985",
      "postDate": "05/29/2025 06:17:33",
      "content": "<p>The host mentioned something related to this. It's in the thread about incorrect annotations:</p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Second, there are instances in which a motor can be present without a visible flagellum. However these frequently represent sick or starving bacteria in unusual circumstances. The postdocs that work on this skip annotation in this case for our purposes of subtomogram averaging since you can’t expect the structure of the bacteria to be helpful when they’re so unhealthy.</p>\n</blockquote>",
      "rawMarkdown": "The host mentioned something related to this. It's in the thread about incorrect annotations:\n\n>Second, there are instances in which a motor can be present without a visible flagellum. However these frequently represent sick or starving bacteria in unusual circumstances. The postdocs that work on this skip annotation in this case for our purposes of subtomogram averaging since you can’t expect the structure of the bacteria to be helpful when they’re so unhealthy.",
      "votes": null
    },
    {
      "id": "3214079",
      "postDate": "05/30/2025 22:39:56",
      "content": "<p>Motors always have the tails (flagella), or else there would be no purpose to them. However, sometimes the flagella are pointing away and are not visible immediately next to the motor, or their absence indicates something is wrong with cells.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Motors always have the tails (flagella), or else there would be no purpose to them. However, sometimes the flagella are pointing away and are not visible immediately next to the motor, or their absence indicates something is wrong with cells.",
      "votes": null
    }
  ],
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3211414,
      "author_name": "sacuscreed",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/28/2025 11:58:45",
      "content": "<p>Hi. No, target could lose it.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3211985,
      "author_name": "mariusheuser",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/29/2025 06:17:33",
      "content": "<p>The host mentioned something related to this. It's in the thread about incorrect annotations:</p>\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Second, there are instances in which a motor can be present without a visible flagellum. However these frequently represent sick or starving bacteria in unusual circumstances. The postdocs that work on this skip annotation in this case for our purposes of subtomogram averaging since you can’t expect the structure of the bacteria to be helpful when they’re so unhealthy.</p>\n</blockquote>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    },
    {
      "id": 3214079,
      "author_name": "tilii7",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "05/30/2025 22:39:56",
      "content": "<p>Motors always have the tails (flagella), or else there would be no purpose to them. However, sometimes the flagella are pointing away and are not visible immediately next to the motor, or their absence indicates something is wrong with cells.</p>",
      "votes": null,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    "3211383": "Or is a tail always visible? Are tails or structures similar to tails without motors?",
    "3211414": "Hi. No, target could lose it.",
    "3211985": "The host mentioned something related to this. It's in the thread about incorrect annotations:\n\n>Second, there are instances in which a motor can be present without a visible flagellum. However these frequently represent sick or starving bacteria in unusual circumstances. The postdocs that work on this skip annotation in this case for our purposes of subtomogram averaging since you can’t expect the structure of the bacteria to be helpful when they’re so unhealthy.",
    "3214079": "Motors always have the tails (flagella), or else there would be no purpose to them. However, sometimes the flagella are pointing away and are not visible immediately next to the motor, or their absence indicates something is wrong with cells."
  },
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}