Image: Flagellum base diagram en
Description: A Gram-negative bacterial flagellum. A flagellum (plural: flagella) is a long, slender projection from the cell body, whose function is to propel a unicellular or small multicellular organism. The depicted type of flagellum is found in bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella, and rotates like a propeller when the bacterium swims. The bacterial movement can be divided into 2 kinds: run, resulting from a counterclockwise rotation of the flagellum, and tumbling, from a clockwise rotation of the flagellum.
Title: Flagellum base diagram en
Credit: self-made References: [1],[2], [3] (main 3), [4], [5] (propeller rotation), PMID 17142059 (bend).
Author: LadyofHats
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