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Neisseria gonorrhoeae - strongest biological motor known to date is in the gonorrhoeae cell 

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae - strongest biological motor known to date is in the gonorrhoeae cell 
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N. gonorrhoeae are motile (twitching motility) and possess type IV pili to adhere to surfaces. The type IV pili operate mechanistically similar to a grappling hook. Pili extend and attach to a substrate that signals the pilus to retract, dragging the cell forward. N. gonorrhoeae are able to pull 100,000 times their own weight, and it has been claimed that the pili used to do so are the strongest biological motor known to date, exerting one nanonewton.[3] @Curionic

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