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Bacteria Classification

Bacteria may be classified according to the presence and absence of flagella as follow with examples-

(a) Monotrichous- Presence of one flagellum at one pole, eg. Vibrio.

(b) Lophotrichous- Presence of tuft of flagella at one pol, eg. Pseudomonas.

(c) Amphitrichous- Presence of tufts of flagella at both ends, eg. Spirillum.

(d) Peritrichous- Presence of many flagella surrounding the outer surface of the body, eg. Bacillus.

(e) Atrichous- Bacteria without flagella are called atrichous, eg. Diptheria bacillus.

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  1. Thanks for the answer you gave me yesterday. May you help me to 'asses the similarities that prokaryotes and eukarytes enjoy'.

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