Prokaryotes are unicellular organisms that lack membrane-bound structures. This article details the structure of prokaryotic cells and provides examples of prokaryotic organisms.

Here the bacterial flagellum is quite different from the eukaryotic one, being powered by a proton gradient motor, and also different from the archaeal flagella.

Presence of Flagella: Prokaryotic cells lack flagella, while eukaryotic cells may have flagella made of a protein called microtubules (used for motility) or cilia (used for movement). Transcription ...

Exploring eukaryotic flagella patterns via reaction-diffusion.

Everywhere they look mathematicians seem to find patterns in nature. But a strange link between how zebra stripes form and how sperm swim is almost as weird as it gets. Taking cues from how stripes ...

Many eukaryotes possess special structures such as flagella and cilia. Flagella are hairlike organelles that protozoa, for instance, employ to propel their cell bodies. Cilia, as seen in Paramecium, ...

Flagella, for instance, are used by bacteria for motility. Monotrichous bacteria have a single flagellum, while amphitrichous bacteria have flagella at opposite ends of the cell. Lophotrichous ...

Multicellular eukaryotes, including animals (metazoans), also rely on cilia and flagella for locomotion, developmental signaling, mucosal clearance, feeding, and reproduction. The structure of motile ...

Prokaryotic and eukaryotic flagella follow a common trend in swimming cost-effectiveness, but eukaryotic flagella are too large for cells with prokaryote volumes, yielding insight into flagellar ...

Motile cilia are molecular machines used by a myriad of eukaryotic cells to swim through fluid environments. However, available molecular structures represent only a handful of cell types, limiting ...