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What is flagella and what does it allow bacteria to do? What are the 4 flagellar arrangements? Draw picture |
Flagella (plural) allows the bacterial cell to be mobile in their environment. The 4 flagellar arrangements are: 1. Peritrichous 2. Monotrichous and polar 3. Lophotrichous and polar 4. Amphitrichous and polar |
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Do flagella extend from the cell wall or from the cytoplasm through the cell wall? |
Flagella extend from the cytoplasm THROUGH the cell wall |
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What are the types of flagella movement? The way that bacteria move is called ..... |
1. Rotate counterclockwise (run - moves in one direction) 2. Rotate clockwise (tumble abrupt stop) The way that bacteria move is called random walk. Because they do just that, randomly walk around. |