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Basal Body Definition:
Structure at the base of flagella that attaches them to the cell.
Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton
Basal Body Notes:
Basal bodies is an extremely conserved organelle of a cell that was discovered around 100 years ago. These are barrel-like structures of microtubules, which are present near the surface of cell that provide the pattern for the nine-fold symmetry on which the cilium is accumulated.
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