Hyperflagellation
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The production of excessive flagella uncountable
"During swarming, the morphology of temperate swarmers does not significantly change, and processes such as elongation, the formation of multi-nucleoid cells, and hyperflagellation are not observed, unlike in robust swarmers such as Proteus and Vibrio species [14 ,15 ]."
Example
More examples"During swarming, the morphology of temperate swarmers does not significantly change, and processes such as elongation, the formation of multi-nucleoid cells, and hyperflagellation are not observed, unlike in robust swarmers such as Proteus and Vibrio species [14 ,15 ]."
Etymology
From hyper- + flagellation.
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