Question

5. What is sex pilus?What is its
function?​

Answer 1

Answer: sex pili are a special type of fimbriae, present on the ‘male bacterium’ and are longer and fewer (up to 10 in each cell) in number than fimbriae. They are involved in the attachment with the ‘female bacterium’ by forming a conjugation tube for the DNA transfer from the male donor to the female recipient.

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Answer 2

Answer:

Conjugative pili allow for the transfer of DNA between bacteria, in the process of bacterial conjugation. They are sometimes called "sex pili", in analogy to sexual reproduction, because they allow for the exchange of genes via the formation of "mating pairs".

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