adverb
- In a manner relating to or characterized by peritrichous flagella (flagella distributed around the entire surface of a bacterial cell).
Usage: microbiology; technical
Examples
- The bacterium moves peritrichously through the liquid medium using flagella arranged around its cell body.
- Peritrichously flagellated bacteria exhibit different motility patterns compared to those with polar flagella.
- The organism was identified as peritrichously arranged based on electron microscopy observations.