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nounhyperflagellation (uncountable)
- uncountableThe production of excessive flagella
During swarming, the morphology of temperate swarmers does not significantly change, and processes such as elongation, the formation of multi-nucleoid cells, and hyperflagellation are not observed, unlike in robust swarmers such as Proteus and Vibrio species [14 ,15 ].
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