Flagella are long hair-like filamentous structures of about 4 – 5 μm long and 0.01 – 0.03 μm in diameter. They confer motility to the bacteria. Flagella are divided into three parts; filament, hook, and the basal body. The filament is a threadlike part extending outside the cell wal...
Compared to other flagella structures, peritrichous flagella project from all directions of the cell which allows the bacteria to move rapidly in any direction. Endospores, which may be observed distending from one end of the bacterial cell may be oval or spherical in shape. *The flagella of C...
How do spirochete flagella differ from peritrichous flagella in location and how does it move the microbe? Consider a scenario: 1. Bacillus 2. Escherichia 3. Mycobacteria a. Describe the handing of the specimen and how the inf...