Flagellum
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flagellum-177-16450757
title:
Flagellum
text:
A flagellum is a hairlike appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, from fungal spores (zoospores), and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility. Many protists with flagella are known as flagellates. A microorganism may have from one to many flagella. A gram-negative bacterium Helicobacter pylori, for example, uses its flagella to propel itself through the stomach to reach the mucus lining where it may colonise the epithelium and potentially cause gastrit
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Cellular appendage functioning as locomotive or sensory organelle
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagellum
date created:
2002-03-06T14:06:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T09:11:34Z
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image:
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fields total:
13
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16