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Aside from flagella what other structures cause bacteria to move?
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∙ 10y ago
Flagella
Mac O'Connell
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∙ 10y agoBesides flagella bacteria are motile via type IV pili. The use of flagella in motility results in swimming or tumbling. Pili can be polymerized from the cell attach to a surface, and be depolymerized essential pulling the cell in the direction of attachment. Imagine this occurring at many different points of contact between the surface and the bacterium. This produces a type of motility called twitching motility.
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∙ 7y agoBacteria move for a variety of reasons. No one answer is correct. Some reasons they move is in order to reach resources, to get to a more stable environment, to escape toxic environments, etc.
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∙ 15y ago* cilia * flagela
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What is the importance of structural staining?
Structural Staining allows you to check for certain structures on bacteria. This is important because certain structures on a bacteria can be antigenic or act as an endotoxin. An example of this is flagella can often cause an immune response, even if the cell is already dead.
What is the cause of vital movement in microbiology?
Flagella
What structures do bacteria have xy?
Bacterial cells, like plant cells, are surrounded by a cell wall. However, bacterial cell walls are made up of polysaccharide chains linked to amino acids, while plant cell walls are made up of cellulose, which contains no amino acids. Many bacteria secrete a slimy capsule around the outside of the cell wall. The capsule provides additional protection for the cell. Many of the bacteria that cause diseases in animals are surrounded by a capsule. The capsule prevents the white blood cells and antibodies from destroying the invading bacterium. Inside the capsule and the cell wall is the cell membrane. In aerobic bacteria, the reactions of cellular respiration take place on fingerlike infoldings of the cell membrane. Ribosomes are scattered throughout the cytoplasm, and the DNA is generally found in the center of the cell. Many bacilli and spirilla have flagella, which are used for locomotion in water. A few types of bacteria that lack flagella move by gliding on a surface.
What bacteria is the most widespread cause of infection?
viruses bacteria
What is the impact of bacteria on society?
The impact that bacteria has on society is, if it is harm full we would release pesticides which cause pollution that lead to health risk. Also bacteria could cause sickness to people.
What is the importance of structural staining?
Structural Staining allows you to check for certain structures on bacteria. This is important because certain structures on a bacteria can be antigenic or act as an endotoxin. An example of this is flagella can often cause an immune response, even if the cell is already dead.
Identify the structure that cause bacteria to move aside from flagella?
# Thick, protective wall around their cell. Cilia are hair-like extensions from the cell that also help the cell move.
Can flagella be pathogenic?
Flagella is a part of the cell which allows the cell to move. Bacteria which have flagella are not always pathogenic. Some, like Heliobacter pylori have a flagella and cause stomach ulcers in some patients. Thus, a flagella is not an indication of pathogenicity.
What is the cause of vital movement in microbiology?
Flagella
How does trypanosoma brucei differ from bacteria and multi-celled parasites?
Trypanosoma brucei (cause of sleeping sickness) is a protist with a flagella. It is a eukaryote. It is carried by the tsetse fly and humans. Bacteria are prokarocytes and don't have membrane bound organelles. The other parasite mentioned are different and have many cells. For example, tapeworms.
Can prokaryotes move on their own?
prokaryotes move with flagella that allow it to move towards food or away from danger. some bacteria however do not have flagella thus they move in different ways the myxobacteria for example, form a layer of slime; through wavelike contractions of the outer membrane they move the organisms through the slime. and spiral shaped bacteria move by a corkscrew like rotation. filaments inside the organisms cell walls contract and cause the bacterium to turn and move ahead.
What structures do bacteria have xy?
Bacterial cells, like plant cells, are surrounded by a cell wall. However, bacterial cell walls are made up of polysaccharide chains linked to amino acids, while plant cell walls are made up of cellulose, which contains no amino acids. Many bacteria secrete a slimy capsule around the outside of the cell wall. The capsule provides additional protection for the cell. Many of the bacteria that cause diseases in animals are surrounded by a capsule. The capsule prevents the white blood cells and antibodies from destroying the invading bacterium. Inside the capsule and the cell wall is the cell membrane. In aerobic bacteria, the reactions of cellular respiration take place on fingerlike infoldings of the cell membrane. Ribosomes are scattered throughout the cytoplasm, and the DNA is generally found in the center of the cell. Many bacilli and spirilla have flagella, which are used for locomotion in water. A few types of bacteria that lack flagella move by gliding on a surface.
What can cause Arthritis?
Bacteria such as Gonococcus can cause Arthritis.
Does bacteria cause gingivitis and if it does which type of bacteria can cause gingivitis?
gram - anaerobes
Is food poisoning a bacteria or virus?
its a bacteria cause i am studing bacteria in universty
What disease doese bacteria cause?
Different bacteria cause a lot of different diseases.
What is in bacteria?
Pathogenic bacteria are bacteria that cause human illness. Of all species of bacteria in the world, only a small percentage actually cause human disease.
