Flagella are primarily used for cell movement and are found in prokaryotes ... Bacterial flagella can have an important role from a human perspective too. Flagella are usually needed for infection ...

In addition, the flagella of many human pathogens are salient but unexplained ... which is an essential and multifunctional organelle that facilitates cell propulsion, controls cell morphogenesis ...

This single-celled alga activates its four flagella in the pattern used by a galloping horse. Then something not obvious to a human startles the alga (Carteria crucifera) into retreat. The cell ...

C. matruchotii lack flagella, the organelles that allow bacteria to move around. Since these bacteria can't swim, researchers believe its unique elongation and cell division might be a way for it ...

Likewise, for many years it was generally assumed that the entire phylum Nematoda, comprising roundworms, completely lacked cilia or flagella ... cell sensory processes and a variety of human ...

What’s more, of these 23 proteins, it turns out that just two are unique to flagella. The others all closely resemble proteins that carry out other functions in the cell. This means that the ...

Each human cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes ... When the sperm has the usual single flagellum (or "tail"), it is called a spermatozoon and may be described as uniflagellate.

Their study, published in Microbiological Research, reveals that bacteria can evolve by losing their flagella ... i.e., self-propelled ... How can cells adhere to surfaces and move on them?

The tiny reproductive cells are able to swim as fast as they do thanks to their long whip-like tails, known as flagella. So, imagine how helpful it might be if sperm-like machines could be used ...

The research may pave the way to develop flagella-like microrobots to carry drugs to targeted cells or to create microfluidic devices that could pump and circulate fluid.

An underwater robot can delicately propel itself in any direction with its 12 flexible arms, inspired by the flagella of bacteria. Its creators claim it can carry out underwater inspections ...

Most bacteria have flagella; they are threadlike appendages extending from the surface of many microbes. They help move the organism around, a function called motility, in a rotating motion. Enabling ...