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All are motile except:

A
Klebsiella
B
E. coli
C
Salmonella
D
Proteus
High-Yield Explanation
Ans: A (Klebsiella) Ref: Ananthanarayan, Paniker CJ. Textbook of microbiology. 8th Edition. London: John Wiley & Sons; 2009.Explanation:Commonly encountered motile and non-motile bacteriaMotileNon-motileMost Enierobacteriaceae except (Shigella and Klebsiella)Eg: Proteus, E. coli, SalmonellaShigellaViorio (darting motility)KlebsiellaListeria monocytogenes {tumbling motility) Clostridium tetani (stately motility) Spirochaetes (Cork-screw motility) Types of flagella:Peritrichous (flagella present all around) - Escherichia coli, Salmonella Monotrichous (Single polar flagellum) - Vibrio, PseudomonasLophotrichous (tuft of flagella at one pole) - HelicobacterAmphitrichous {one or more flagella at both poles) - Campylobacter

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