FLAGELLA Some bacteria are motile Locomotory organelles-flagella Taste environment Respond to food/poison Chemotaxis Flagella embedded in cell membrane project as strand Flagellin(protein) subunits move cell by propeller like actionFLAGELLA • Some bacteria are motile • Locomotory organelles- flagella • Taste environment • Respond to food/poison – Chemotaxis – Flagella – embedded in cell membrane – project as strand – Flagellin (protein) subunits – move cell by propeller like action