Motile cells

Patent Pending At the cellular level, different modes of motility exist: flagellar motility, a swimming-like motion (observed for example in spermatozoa, propelled by the regular beat of their flagellum, or E. coli, which swims by rotating a helical prokaryotic flagellum) amoeboid movement, a crawling-like movement, which also makes swimming possible[2][3] gliding motility Swarming motility Many cells are not motile, for example Yersinia pestis at 37 °C, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Shigella.