Why do bacteria have flagella?

Basic Clinical Laboratory Techniques 6E
6th Edition
ISBN:9781133893943
Author:ESTRIDGE
Publisher:ESTRIDGE
Chapter7: Basic Clinical Microbiology
Section7.4: The Gram Stain
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Why do bacteria have flagella?
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Bacterial flagella are rigid; the slender structure around 20 nm across and up to 20 micrometers long. Several motile bacteria move by using flagella. It is extending outward from the cell wall and plasma membrane.

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