Question

In which bacteria flagella is absent?

Answer 1

Flagella:

1. They are thin filamentous structures that extend from the cell walls of the bacteria to the outside of the body of a bacteria.
2. Flagella are made up of flagellin protein.
3. These structures help in the motility of the bacteria from one place to another; it is an organ of locomotion.
4. Bacteria that lack flagella are Mycococcus xanthus. It is a cyanobacterium.