Evolution or Creation?
E. Coli
“[A] one-celled bacterium, e. coli, is estimated to contain the equivalent of 100 million pages of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Expressed as information in science jargon, this would be the same as 10[12] bits of information. In comparison, the total writings from classical Greek Civilization is only 10[9] bits, and the largest libraries in the world - The British Museum, Oxford Bodleian Library, New York Public Library, Harvard Widenier Library, and the Moscow Lenin Library - have about 10 million volumes or 10[12] bits.” - R. C. Wysong[31]
The e. coli and other bacteria use a little outboard motor called a flagellum to navigate their environment. This water-cooled device comes equipped with a reversible engine, drive shaft, U-joint and long whip-like propeller. It hunts along at 17,000 rpm. Its complexity is enormous.[79]
According to microbiologist Scott Minnich of the University of Idaho, you need about 50 genes to create a working flagellum. Each of those genes is as complex as a sentence with hundreds of letters. What's more, the requirements for a working flagellum are extremely tight.[79]