How is it used?
What is the main purpose of the flagella?
For movement, from one place to another.
What is the main form of movement of the flagella?
Why would a prokaryotic cell move from one place to another?
For food or for a better environment.
What was the analogy of the flagella used in the presentation?
The flagella rotating like a motorboat propeller.
How do pathogenic bacteria use the flagella?
How is a "run" produced?
By the flow of the flagella going counterclockwise (CCW).
What is swarming motility?
It's when bacteria from coordinated groups and spread over a wide area.
What happens when the flagella goes clockwise (CW)? How is it referred to?
What is the response to chemicals in the environment called?
It is called Chemotaxis.
What is the flow of ions/protons called?
It is referred as the Proton Motive Force (PMF)