Chapter 2.19, Problem 2MQ

Summary Introduction

Several Archaea and Bacteria possess the ability to travel by swimming. Flagella, small rotating structures, is attached on the surface of the cell in several different locations. Flagella present around the surface of the prokaryotic cell are referred to as peritrichous flagellation. Often in nature, bacterial and archaeal cells encounter components of chemical and physical agents. These bacterial cells evolved ways to respond to such gradients either by moving away or by moving toward the element.