AXIAL FILAMENT

axial filament: translation

The organ of motility in spirochetes. It is made of axial fibrils or periplasmic flagella that extend from each end of the protoplasmic cylinder and overlap in the middle of the cell. The outer sheath lies outside the axial filament.

axial filament: translation

1. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta)

see axoneme.

2. (PORIFERA)

A protein core around which siliceous spicules are organized.

1) осевая нить

2) центральная тычиночная нить

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