Converse of object

• become: This can occur in breast cancer cells and results in cells becoming motile.

Modifies a noun

• sperm: The time to conception was inversely related to the number of motile sperm seen.

• bacterium: For more examples of motile bacteria, see the page on the genus Bacillus.

• count: There is a count of 30 million sperm per ml and 33 % are motile total motile count is 10 million.

• cell: Very simple organisms have no nervous systems; the sensory input impinges directly upon motile cells, the precursors of muscle cells.

• zoospore: Oospores germinate to release motile zoospores that are readily carried in soil water and thus spread the disease within the crop.

• organism: Some samples had to be fixed in the field to prevent aggressive predators in the sample from eating the less motile organisms.

Modifying Another Word

• highly: A highly motile organism, the colonies are surrounded by wispy swarms of bacteria.

• actively: Some are actively motile, some are free-floating whilst many are found attached to a substrate.