Tag: T3SS

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Author
William A. Dembski

Date
August 9, 2026

Categories
Biochemistry
Biology
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Mousetrap for Darwin, Baylor University, biology, Brown University, bubonic plague, Charles Thaxton, Congress, Darwin’s Black Box., Douglas Axe, Evolution: A Theory in Crisis, faculty, injectisome, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, James Shapiro, Jonathan Wells, Journal of Molecular Biology, Kenneth Miller, Lehigh University, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, motorcycles, mousetrap, naturalists, non-theistic evolution, Pajaro Dunes, Paul Nelson, protein evolution, Roger Olsen, San Francisco, Seattle Pacific University, Southern Methodist University, Stephen Meyer, T3SS, The Mystery of Life’s Origin, theistic evolution, type 3 secretory system, University of Chicago, Walter Bradley, Yersinia pestis}

Darwin’s Black Box, 30 Years On: A Seminal Contribution to Biology

_{William A. Dembski
August 9, 2026

Biochemistry, Biology, Intelligent Design

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It makes sense to think that the T3SS didn’t evolve into the bacterial flagellum, but that the bacterial flagellum shed some protein parts to become a T3SS. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 3, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Andrew Murray, antibodies, ATP synthase, bacteria, bacterial flagellar motor, bacterial flagellum, biochemistry, Biophysical Journal, blood clotting cascade, cells, chemotaxis, cilium, Current Biology, Dan Tawfik, Darwin’s Black Box, David Snoke, Douglas Axe, Eugene Koonin, eukaryotes, eukaryotic cell division, evolutionary pathways, Harvard University, homology, injectisome, irreducibly complex systems, Journal of Theoretical Biology, macrobiological features, Michael Behe, molecular machinery, molecular machines, motility, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Heredity, Nicholas Matzke, Oxford University Press, PNAS, polar bears, protein science, proteins, Quarterly Review of Biology, Ribosome, Science (journal), T3SS, The Edge of Evolution, type three secretory system, universal common ancestor, vision, William Dembski}

Darwin’s Black Box at 30: The Evidence Wins!

_{Casey Luskin
August 3, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Macrobiological features have been cited as irreducibly complex, including animal joints and the trap mechanisms of carnivorous plants, even the cell itself. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
December 22, 2023

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, author, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, Brian Miller, co-option, coordination, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Emily Reeves, evolution, evolutionary models, H. Allen Orr, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Michael Behe, Nicholas Matzke, proteins, Rope Kojonen, Stephen Dilley, T3SS, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design, The Compatibility of Evolution and Design (series)}

Co-Option and Protein Homology Don’t Explain the Evolution of the Flagellum

_{Casey Luskin
December 22, 2023

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Rope Kojonen wants to join “design and evolution,” but only by setting aside some of the main features of the flagellum. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
July 12, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacteria, bacterial flagellum, co-evolution, cryo-electron microscopy, Darwin Devolves, devolution, evolution, genes, intelligent design, Michael Behe, molecular machines, Nature (journal), proteins, Richard Dawkins, selfish genes, T3SS, The Miracle of Man, University College London}

Scientists Reveal Bacterial T4SS “Biogenesis Machinery”

_{David Coppedge
July 12, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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With cryo-electron microscopy, scientists have zoomed in on a molecular machine that is very different from the Type III Secretion System. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 14, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ATP synthase, bacterial flagellum, Cell (journal), Darwin's Black Box, human technology, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Judge John E. Jones, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, Michael Behe, molecular machines, motors, New Scientist, propeller, pumps, rotary engine, Salmonella, T3SS, University of Arizona}

Study Challenges Evolutionary Relationship Between Flagellum and Type III Secretory System

_{Casey Luskin
May 14, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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There are various types of flagella, but all function like a rotary engine made by humans. Even non-ID scientists marvel at the complexity of these machines. Read More ›

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Date
May 6, 2021

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, archaea, ATP synthase, bacteria, bacterial flagella, bats, bugs, cryo-electron microscopy, design filter, eukaryotes, Germany, guns, intelligent design, Nature Communications, Scott Minnich, T3SS, type III secretion system, Unlocking the Mystery of Life}

Closer Look at the T3SS Reveals Design

_{Science & Culture
May 6, 2021

Intelligent Design

8}

If one visualizes the recoil action of large guns on ships as they fire, that is perhaps what the EA (export apparatus) is doing for the T3SS. Read More ›

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Date
April 18, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __cedited, bacterial flagellum, Darwin Devolves, Darwin's Black Box, Darwinism, Dover trial, evo-devo, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, ID the Future, intelligent design, Jonathan Witt, Kenneth Miller, Michael Behe, natural genetic engineering, neutral theory, outboard motor, PLOS Biology, starvation, T3SS, type III secretion system}

Darwin Devolves, Again: Study Finds Bacteria Eject Their Flagella to Avoid Starvation

_{Science & Culture
April 18, 2019

Intelligent Design

7}

This finding fits Michael Behe’s book Darwin Devolves perfectly. It’s easier to throw cargo overboard than to create it. Read More ›