Flagella

• Differs from eukarytoic: rather than a flexible whip, it spins like corkscrew: composed of basal body, hook, filament
  • monotrichous-single
  • lophotrichous- possessing many flagella arranged in tufts or clusters at one end
  • amphitrichous- flagella at both ends, singly or in clusters (polar flagella)
  • peritrichous- flagella distributed around the entire cell surface

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