Nascent flagellar basal bodies are immobilized by rod assembly in Bacillus subtilis .
Caroline M DunnDaniel FoustYongqiang GaoJulie Suzanne BiteenSidney L ShawDaniel B KearnsPublished in: bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology (2024)
rod probes the peptidoglycan for holes that can accommodate the machine.