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Which one of the following organisms has axial filaments?
Which one of the following organisms has axial filaments?
(A) Mycobacterium tuberculosis
(B) Pasteurella multocida
(C) Treponema pallidum
(D) Shigella dysenteriae
Answer
Answer: (C) Treponema pallidum
Explanation:
Treponema pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis, has axial filaments that enable its motility. The other organisms do not have axial filaments.