nonmotile
Lacking locomotive ability
Nonmotile describes organisms or cells that cannot move on their own.
The term appears in biology to distinguish stationary life forms from those capable of self-propelled movement: nonmotile bacteria, nonmotile sperm.
Plants are nonmotile, as are many single-celled organisms that drift passively or remain fixed in place.
Attached at base
- fixedRestored or immovable
- anchoredFixed securely in position
- attachedJoined to another thing
- stationaryNot in motion
amoeboid · spore · cyst · biofilm · colonial · adherent · sedentary · rooted
Attached at base
- sedentaryCharacterized by much sitting
- attachedJoined to another thing
- anchoredFixed securely in position
- filter-feedingTrapping particles from water
encrusting · coral · barnacle · sponge · bryozoan · tunicate · anemone · hydra
Sphere-shaped bacteria
- bacilliCylindrical bacteria
- streptococcusSpherical bacteria in chains
- staphylococcusSpherical bacteria in clusters
- capsulatedEnclosed in membrane
colonizing · adherent · sessile · agar · culture · plated · inoculated · incubated
Inability to reproduce
- spermatozoaMale reproductive cells
- gameteHaploid reproductive cell
- ciliaHairlike cellular projections
- flagellaWhiplike locomotion appendages
sessile
Attached at base
stationary · amoeboid · spore · cyst · biofilm · colonial · adherent · sedentary · rooted · embedded
sessile
Attached at base
- sedentaryCharacterized by much sitting
- attachedJoined to another thing
- anchoredFixed securely in position
filter-feeding · encrusting · coral · barnacle · sponge · bryozoan · tunicate · anemone · hydra · mussel
cocci
Sphere-shaped bacteria
- bacilliCylindrical bacteria
- streptococcusSpherical bacteria in chains
- staphylococcusSpherical bacteria in clusters
capsulated · colonizing · adherent · sessile · agar · culture · plated · inoculated · incubated · pathogenic
infertility
Inability to reproduce
- spermatozoaMale reproductive cells
- gameteHaploid reproductive cell
- ciliaHairlike cellular projections
nonmotilemotile
Able to move independently
mobile · self-propelled · locomotive · moving · ambulatory
move, remote, emotion, motion, promote, commotion, mobility, motionless, automobile