Cellular appendages functioning as locomotive or sensory organelles

Chromatium okenii (thiorhodaceae) : flagella movement.

Thiospirillum jenense (Bacteriaceae) : locomotion and phototactic behaviour.

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic flagella.

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Flagella

Works from the collections

Chromatium okenii (thiorhodaceae) : flagella movement.

Chromatium okenii (thiorhodaceae) : flagella movement.

Thiospirillum jenense (Bacteriaceae) : locomotion and phototactic behaviour.

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic flagella.