Table 3. Comparison of intercrossed filaments of intermediate domain in different flagella bending states in deep-etching replicas.

Bending states	PFR filamentsdistance (nm)	PFR filamentsdistance (nm)	Shape Factor
Low curvature	46.3±4.36	45.3±5.86	1
Medium curvature	50.4±4.31	44.7±2.17	0.91
High curvature	54.5±4.55	12.9±1.54	0.60

Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation.