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and pili are smaller, and thinner appendages, with different functions. Surface-attached cilia and flagella are used to swim or move fluid from one region to another.

Types

The three types of flagella are bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic.

The flagella in eukaryotes have dynein and microtubules that move with a bending mechanism. Bacteria and archaea do not have dynein or microtubules in their flagella, and they move

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