so they can move by whipping their tails
No, Lactobacillus bacteria do not have flagella. They are non-motile, meaning they do not possess structures like flagella for movement. Instead, they rely on other methods for growth and colonization.
Flagella
Motile bacteria possess flagella or flagellum if just one, which they rotate much like the propeller on a ship through a complex protein 'motor' situated in the cell membrane. They can be located singularly at one end of the cell, singularly at both ends (never too sure how they get anywhere!), as groups at the ends of the cell or over the entire surface.
Well the flagella works as a propeller to help the cells move. However plant cells dont actually have flagella or cilia because they dont need to move. Some plants (bryophytes?) have motile sperm that have flagella. Also, only prokaryotic flagella work like propellers. Eukaryotic flagella whip back and forth rather than rotating.
"Depending on the species, they may have one or two long "hairs," called flagella, on their surface that drive them like little propellers. Others have lots more smaller hair-like projections on their surface called cilia. ..."
Some bacteria have flagella, some only have one flagellum, and some just float around like a leaf in a river
Flagella themselves are not pathogenic as they are the whip-like appendages that some organisms use for movement. However, bacteria and other microorganisms with flagella can be pathogenic, using the flagella to navigate through their host's tissues and cause infections.
Some bacteria have a whip-like tail called aflagellum. This structure is essential for locomotion, or motility.
Bacteria can be classified based on the number and arrangement of flagella. Monotrichous bacteria have a single flagellum, amphitrichous bacteria have a flagellum at each end, lophotrichous bacteria have multiple flagella at one or both ends, and peritrichous bacteria have flagella distributed all over the cell surface.
Flagella are tiny whip-like tails that help bacteria move by propelling them through their environment. These flagella are composed of protein and rotate like a propeller to facilitate the bacteria's locomotion.
No, Lactobacillus bacteria do not have flagella. They are non-motile, meaning they do not possess structures like flagella for movement. Instead, they rely on other methods for growth and colonization.
Flagella
Yes bacteria do move from place to placeyes bacteria move from place to places when people share from a straw, blood getting into someone else body, when you sneeze or cough on someone and not washing your hands after using the bathroom and before eating
cells with one or more flagella
Motile bacteria possess flagella or flagellum if just one, which they rotate much like the propeller on a ship through a complex protein 'motor' situated in the cell membrane. They can be located singularly at one end of the cell, singularly at both ends (never too sure how they get anywhere!), as groups at the ends of the cell or over the entire surface.
There's not THE ONE way how bacteria move. some are enabled to diapedeses, others have flagella, others use the flow of their environment to get transported, others use parts of their host cells moving machinery,...
Bacteria may have one of two external structures for powered movement: flagella or cilia. Also bacteria are often capable of "flowing" to move by using internal mechanisms.