- A
flagellum (/fləˈdʒɛləm/; pl.:
flagella) (Latin for 'whip' or 'scourge') is a hair-like
appendage that
protrudes from
certain plant and
animal sperm cells...
- The
evolution of
flagella is of
great interest to
biologists because the
three known varieties of
flagella – (eukaryotic, bacterial, and archaeal) each...
- more
distinct types of
flagella -
tinsel or "decorated", and whiplash, in
various combinations.
Tinsellated (straminipilous)
flagella have
lateral filaments...
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generally have two or four
flagella of
equal length,
although in
prasinophytes heteromorphic (i.e.
differently shaped)
flagella are
common because different...
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flagellate is a cell or
organism with one or more whip-like
appendages called flagella. The word
flagellate also
describes a
particular construction (or level...
- protozoans, are
motile and can
generate movement using flagella,
cilia or pseudopods.
Cells which use
flagella for
movement are
usually referred to as flagellates...
- Many
eukaryotes have long
slender motile cytoplasmic projections,
called flagella, or
multiple shorter structures called cilia.
These organelles are variously...
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using motile cilia or
flagella.
Motile cells are
absent in
conifers and
flowering plants.[citation needed]
Eukaryotic flagella are more
complex than those...
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general Corynebacterium and Mycobacterium, but none of them have
flagella. The tuft of
flagella is seen
arising from the
concave of
basal body of S.ruminantium...
- to propel.
Swarming and
swimming movements are both
powered by
rotating flagella.
Whereas swarming is a
multicellular 2D
movement over a
surface and requires...
