9 example sentences using flagellum.
Flagellum used in a sentence
Flagellum in a sentence as a noun
An injection system is not an 'MVP' of a flagellum, an organ for propulsion.
I can plug 100 different network cards into my computer, but don't expect to plug a different flagellum into a bacterium.
" A bacterial flagellum is not a "motor," it is a quantum-scale chemo-electro-motive... well... our language breaks down.
When I was younger I had heated debates that ended with, "As soon as we can see evidence of flagellum evoling I will accept [evolution] as fact.
ATP synthesase and the bacterial flagellum are the two counterexamples both molecular in scale.
"Many bacteria are equipped with a flagellum, a helical propeller that allows bacteria to travel.
Isn't that the equivalent of blaming the first single celled organism that evolved rudimentary flagellum for, as an example, our current climate crisis?
First, it shows the usual but misleading view focused on the flagellum, but near the end, it fills in all the other missing activity in the displayed cutout - giving a sense of how it fits into the whole.
Some of them propel themselves by a recently discovered swivel motion, each flagellum lash rotating freely about its axis like the rigid propeller of a small airplane, generally pulling from the front end and changing course by reversing the direction of rotation.
Flagellum definitions
a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic humor)
See also: scourge
a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)