difference between flagella and Pili?
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flagella are many times longer then pili amd pili are conservatively shorter then flagella
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Both flagellam (plural flagella) and pilus (plural pili ) are the filamentous protenaceous structures found on the surface of some bacterial cells .They extend from the surface of the bacterial cell wall and can have many functions such as motility , attachment adhension and assisting in genetic exchange
Flagella defination=Bacterial flagella are long whip like filamenteous structures present in some bacteria. the most important funtion of flagella os too assist in locomotion .flagella can also act as a sensoey organ to detect temperature and the presence of certain chemicals in the external environment of the cell.
Even though the flagella are present in there structure formation and mechanism of propulsion
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