HW1

Question 1

2. List three facts about an axial filament

Answer 1

• axial filament spiral around the cell to produce movement
• spirochetes, move by the means of axial filaments
• bundles of fibrils that arise at the end of the cell, beneath an outer sheath and spiral around the cell
• anchored at the end of spirochete
• the rotation of the filaments produces a movement of the outer sheath that propels the spirochete in a spiral motion