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Erwinia is

A. Monotrichous

B. Amphitrichous

C. Peritrichous

D. Cephalotrichous

Answer: Option C

Solution (By Examveda Team)

Erwinia is Peritrichous.
Erwinia is a genus of Enterobacterales bacteria containing mostly plant pathogenic species which was named for the famous plant pathologist, Erwin Frink Smith.
It is a gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria. This bacterium is motile by peritrichous flagella at 37°C; it is not motile at 28°C.
The term peritrichous refers to the synthesis of multiple flagella arranged along the length of a rod-shaped cell.

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