Bacteria extracellular structures

Question 1

Fimbriae

Answer 1

hair-like structures that protrude from many bacterial cells and are involved in bacterial conjugation

Question 2

Pili

Answer 2

structures that bacteria use to share and swap pieces of a circular DNA called plasmid in the conjugation process
can occur within biofilms and can result in transferring antibiotic resistance between two types of bacteria

Question 3

Endospores

Answer 3

produced by some bacteria when environmental conditions are not favourable
vegetative bacterial cells undergo changes to “hibernate” or “freeze” till conditions are more favourable
extremely resistant to harsh conditions