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BY2012 Microbiology
Bacterial Flagella
Flagellar Arrangements in Bacteria
A
B
C
D
A: Peritrichous; B: Single Polar; C: Lophotrichous; D: Bipolar
Flagellar Arrangements
a. Bacillus cereus with peritrichous flagella; b. Vibrio cholerae
with single polar flagella; c. Bacillus brevis with peritrichous
flagella; stained with Leifson’s carbol fuchsin stain
Flagella – Peritrichous
Bacillus species
Peritrichous flagella stained by Leifson’s carbol fuchsin stain
Flagellar stain – Peritrichous
Proteus vulgaris
Peritrichous flagella arrowed
Flagella – Swarmer Cell
Proteus vulgaris
Swarmer cell arrowed
Flagella – Swarmer Cell
Proteus vulgaris
Proteus swarmer cells (arrowed)
Flagellar stain – Peritrichous
Proteus vulgaris
Swarmer cell of
P. vulgaris
Colourised electron
micrograph of P. vulgaris
swarmer cell
Flagellar stain – Peritrichous
Escherichia coli
Peritrichous flagella stained with specific
fluorescein-labelled antibodies; UV microscopy
Bacterium with Lophotrichous Flagella
Transmission electron micrograph
Bacterium with Single Polar Flagellum
Transmission electron micrograph;
negative staining
Helicobacter pylori
Colourised electron micrograph showing
lophotrichous tufts of flagella
Bacterium with Lophotrichous Flagella
Colourised transmission electron micrograph showing
surface fimbriae (yellow) and polar flagella (purple)
Flagella – Amphitrichous or Bipolar
Rhodospirillum rubrum
Bipolar flagella arrowed
Flagella –Bipolar or Amphitrichous Tufts
Anaerobiospirillum
Leifson’s carbol fuchsin stain
Flagella – Single Polar
Pseudomonas
Single polar flagella arrowed;
Leifson’s carbol fuchsin stain
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