| pili |
thread-like structures present on some bacteria; pili are shorter than flagella, and are used to adhere bacteria to one another during mating and to adhere to animal cells.
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| pili |
(plural): former term for fimbriae (still used as alternative term); term more properly applied to those organelles (F-pilus) responsible for bacterial conjugation (transfer of nucleic acids between closely related strains or species = "bacterial sex"); F pilus (sex pili) are hollow organelles that allow for the transfer of portions of a bacterial chromosome from a donor cell to a recipient cell (conjugation); pilus (singular)
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| pilial |
pertaining to a pilus or pili.
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| piliate |
having pili; said of bacteria.
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| Pilidae |
a family of fresh water snails of the order Mesogastropoda; it includes the genus Pila.
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