Norment, Thomas K., Jr. Gloucester County (All), New Kent County (All), King and Queen County (All), King William County (All), Poquoson City (All), Isle of Wight County (Part), James City County (Part), Surry County (Part), York County (Part), Hampton City (Part), Suffolk City (Part)
whiplash flagellum. (acronematic flagellum) A threadlike projection arising from motile algal and fungal cells that has a smooth surface. Internally the fibrillar structure is typical of the * flagella and cilia of motile eukaryotic cells.acronematic flagellum) A threadlike projection arising from motile algal and fungal cells that has a smooth surface.
pl. flagella [L.] a long, mobile, whiplike appendage arising from a basal body at the surface of a cell, serving as a locomotor organelle; the only known example in biology of a rotatory motion. In eukaryotic cells, flagella contain nine pairs of microtubules arrayed around a central pair; in bacteria, they contain tightly wound strands of flagellin.