- lophotrichous
- lo·phot·ri·chous
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lophotrichous
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lophotrichous — (lo fot rī kus) A cell with a cluster of flagella at one or both ends … Dictionary of microbiology
lophotrichous — Cell with flagella arranged as a tuft at one end … Dictionary of molecular biology
lophotrichous — Referring to a bacterial cell with two or more flagella at one or both poles. SYN: lophotrichate. [G. lophos, crest, + thrix, hair] * * * lo·phot·ri·chous lə fä trə kəs or lo·phot·ri·chate kət adj having a tuft of flagella at one end * * *… … Medical dictionary
lophotrichous — … Useful english dictionary
Flagellum — For the insect anatomical structure, see Antenna (biology). For the flagella of male Solifugae, see Solifugae. Flagella Code TH H1.00.01.1.01032 A flagellum ( … Wikipedia
Bacterial cell structure — Bacteria, despite their apparent simplicity, contain a well developed cell structure which is responsible for many of their unique biological properties. Many structural features are unique to bacteria and are not found among archaea or… … Wikipedia
Vibrio — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Vibrio image width = 240px image caption = Flagellar stain of V. cholerae regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Gamma Proteobacteria ordo = Vibrionales familia = Vibrionaceae genus = Vibrio genus… … Wikipedia
Bacteria — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Bacteria fossil range = Archean or earlier Recent image width = 210px image caption = Escherichia coli image is 8 micrometres wide. domain = Bacteria subdivision ranks = Phyla [cite web… … Wikipedia
flagellum — A whiplike locomotory organelle of constant structural arrangement consisting of nine double peripheral microtubules and two single central microtubules; it arises from a deeply staining basal granule, often connected to the nucleus by a fiber,… … Medical dictionary
lophotrichate — SYN: lophotrichous … Medical dictionary
