what microorganism is motility, in biology
Flagellar Motility. A motile E. coli propels itself from place to place by rotating its flagella. To move forward, the flagella rotate counterclockwise and the organism swims. But when flagellar rotation abruptly changes to clockwise, the bacterium tumbles in place and seems incapable of going anywhere. Then the bacterium begins swimming again in some new, random direction.
Some bacteria that use flagellar movement include vibrio, spirillum, klebsiella, pseudomonas, azospirillum and salmonella. Bacteria that utilize spirochaetal movement include the borrelia, treponema, leptospira, cristispira and spirochaeta. A few examples of the gliding bacteria include achroonema, alysiella and cyanobacterium Oscillatoria. Bacteria motility falls under three categories: flagellar, spirochaetal and gliding.