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hyperflagellation

hyperflagellation noun: the production of excessive flagella.

Noun

hyperflagellation (uncountable)

  1. The production of excessive flagella
    • 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 ].2016 January 20, “SOS System Induction Inhibits the Assembly of Chemoreceptor Signaling Clusters in Salmonella enterica”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hyperflagellation

From hyper- + flagellation.

Questions about hyperflagellation

What does hyperflagellation mean?
Hyperflagellation means the production of excessive flagella.
What part of speech is hyperflagellation?
Hyperflagellation is a noun.

Words near hyperflagellation in the dictionary

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

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