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hyperflagellated

hyperflagellated adjective: having more flagella than normal.

Adjective

hyperflagellated (not comparable)

  1. Having more flagella than normal
    • Notably, flagella could not be visualized for the mutant cells taken from the colony on swimming agar surface (Fig 6e ), in contrast to the hyperflagellated cells of the WT and rpoN-comp (Fig 6d and 6f ).2015 August 5, “Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 RpoN (Sigma 54) Is a Pleiotropic Regulator of Growth, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Motility, Biofilm Formation and Toxin Production”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hyperflagellated

From hyper- + flagellated.

Questions about hyperflagellated

What does hyperflagellated mean?
Hyperflagellated means having more flagella than normal.
What part of speech is hyperflagellated?
Hyperflagellated is an adjective.

Words near hyperflagellated in the dictionary

  1. hyperfixation
  2. hyperfixations
  3. hyperfixed
  4. hyperfixes
  5. hyperfixing
  6. hyperflagellated
  7. hyperflagellation
  8. hyperflare
  9. hyperflares
  10. hyperflex
  11. hyperflexed

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