The Naked Emperor: Darwinism Exposed by Antony Latham

The Naked Emperor: Darwinism Exposed by Antony Latham

Author:Antony Latham [Latham, Antony]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
ISBN: 9781857567625
Publisher: Janus Publishing Company
Published: 2011-05-23T16:00:00+00:00


The Bacterial Flagellum

It is easy to assume that the mechanisms in the lowly bacterium are somehow less sophisticated than in so-called higher animals. You would be wrong. Some bacteria swim with the aid of a flagellum, which is a structure not found in more complex cells. It acts as a sort of rotary propeller. The structure of the flagellum is quite different from that of a cilium. It is a long, hairlike filament which consists of a protein called ‘flagellin’ and this is embedded in the cell membrane (see figure 8.2).



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