Prokaryotes, like most living organisms, need movement to locate food and to survive. If a prokaryote needed to move to a new food source, which structure would it use for locomotion?

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Gillespie

31 May, 22:46

Prokaryotes, like most living organisms, need movement to locate food and to survive. If a prokaryote needed to move to a new food source, which structure would it use for locomotion?

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Tara Pearson · Answer 1

A Prokaryote typically will use flagella to move where it needs to go. The flagella spin and provides propulsion through whatever liquid the Prokaryote is currently residing in. Much like a boat's propeller. That is the primary method of locomotion for Prokaryotes.