Learning Objectives for "Prokaryotic Cell Anatomy: Fimbriae and Pili"
After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.
1*. State the chemical composition, structure, and function of the short adhesion pili of bacteria.
2*. Briefly describe how antibodies made against the adhesive tip of bacterial pili may block colonization and/or promote phagocytosis.
3. State the function of a bacterial conjugation (sex) pilus.
4*. Define bacterial conjugation.
5*. State how the ability to change the shape of the adhesive tip of its pili could be an advantage to a bacterium.
6*. Briefly describe twitching motility induced by type IV pili.
(*) = Common theme throughout the course
Highlighted Bacterium
1. Read the description of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and match the bacterium with the description of the organism and the infection it causes.
Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.
Last updated: August, 2018
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Gary Kaiser