Pili are hair-like structures on bacteria that facilitate plasmid exchange and attachment to surfaces or host cells.
Pili are hair-like appendages on bacteria and archaea, used for swapping plasmids and for sticking to surfaces or infecting host cells.
| Front | Outline the structure and function of pili. |
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| Back | Pili - hair like appendages found on surface of many bacteria/archaea
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