Cicadas don’t exercise antibacterial wing sanitizer,so how do these insects sustain their wings free of bacteria? trace: it’s structural. The wings of the Clanger cicada kill certain bacteria by ripping their cell membranes. A sample of pillar-like nanostructures on the wings’ surface put pressure on the bacterial cell membrane,causing it to stretch and eventually tear. In a study […]The post Watch This: Cicadas Kill Bacteria with Structures on Their Wings appeared first on 80beats.
Source: discovermagazine.com