Discussion
Which one of the following organisms has axial filaments?
Answer: C
Axial filaments are found in Treponema pallidum.
Spirochaetes such as Treponema, Borrelia and Leptospira move by axial filaments, also called endoflagella: flagella that lie in the periplasmic space, wound around the cell under the outer sheath. Their rotation makes the cell corkscrew through viscous media.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Pasteurella multocida are non-motile, and Shigella dysenteriae is a non-motile enteric rod; none has axial filaments.
No comment is present. Be the first to comment.
Loading…
Post your comment
Please log in or register to post a comment.
Examination Categories
- SSC Exams
- Banking Exams
- Teaching Exams
- Civil Services Exams
- Railways Exams
- Engineering Recruitment Exams
- Defence Exams
- State Government Exams
- Police Exams
- Insurance Exams
- Nursing Exams
- Other Government Exams
- NRA CET
- PG Entrance Exams
- Campus Placement
- MBA Entrance Exams
- CUET and UG Entrance
- Judiciary Exams
- Regulatory Body Exams
- Software Development