deflagellated
English
editEtymology
editFrom de- + flagellated.
Adjective
editdeflagellated (not comparable)
- Having had the flagella removed.
- 2015 August 13, “Characterization of Novel Factors Involved in Swimming and Swarming Motility in Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- In comparison to the highly flagellated WT, we observed a primarily deflagellated phenotype (Fig 5A left and middle panels).