A Marvel Of God's Design: E. Coli’s Electric Motor

Excerpt: An evolutionary impossibility. This ‘molecular machine’ consists of many different parts that are all essential for the flagellum to work—how can gradual, Darwinian evolution build such a structure if not by inventing all necessary parts at once?” Despite the clear evidence of design, many evolutionists persist in claiming that the flagellar motor evolved through random mutation and selection. Evolutionists used to claim that the flagellum evolved from an injectisome (a needle-like apparatus used to inject proteins into other cells). This is still taught in some textbooks but has now largely been rejected, because the injectisome is now thought to have evolved from the flagellum through the loss of genes. However, a recent paper9 published in April 2021 challenged both these ideas. It compared the atomic-level structure of the two and found them to be “significantly different” meaning that it would be much harder for one to evolve into the other. A recent press release for a current study stated: “For evolutionary biologists, the flagellum … is an enduring mystery. This ‘molecular machine’ consists of many different parts that are all essential for the flagellum to work. How can gradual, Darwinian evolution build such a structure if not by inventing all necessary parts at once?”10 Conclusion. The electric motors of many bacterial species are even more complex than the one found in E. coli, with many extra parts, sometimes including a clutch11 or a brake.12 Many of the details in this article were only discovered over the last few years. No doubt, many more fascinating discoveries will be made in the years to come. Bacteria are far from ‘simple bags of chemicals’. The function, control, and construction of E. coli’s electric motor show layers upon layers of sophisticated design and engineering. This motor brings glory to its designer, our Creator, Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:16).

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