Which statement is TRUE?
A) Lophotrichous flagella are tufts on the "ends" of bacterial cells; peritrichous flagella are individual flagella on the "ends" of bacterial cells.
B) Polar flagella are individual flagella on the "ends" of bacterial cells; peritrichous flagella are tufts on the "ends" of bacterial cells.
C) Peritrichous flagella are all over the bacterial cells; lophotrichous flagella are tufts on the "ends" of bacterial cells.
D) Polar flagella are all over the bacterial cells; lophotrichous flagella are individual flagella on the "ends" of bacterial cells.

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Peritrichous flagella are distributed all over the bacterial cell, while lophotrichous flagella are tufts on one or both ends of the cell. Polar flagella are located at one or both poles of the bacterial cell. Therefore, statement C is the only one that accurately describes the location of each type of flagella.

Which Statement Is TRUE