Federal Polytechnic, Nekede Nekede, Near Owerri, Imo State, 2019/2020 HND FORM - Nekede

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City: Nekede, Imo

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Phone 08038403173

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Federal Polytechnic, Nekede Nekede, Near Owerri, Imo State, 2019/2020 HND FORM AND PART-TIME FORM IS OUT CALL 08038403173 ND POST-UTME FORM is also on sale Call the Admin Office for Registration..













A few organisms (e.g. Myxococcus) use fimbriae for motility to facilitate the assembly of multicellular structures such as fruiting bodies. Pili are similar in structure to fimbriae but are much longer and present on the bacterial cell in low numbers. Pili are involved in the process of bacterial conjugation where they are called conjugation pili or "sex pili". Type IV pili (non-sex pili) also aid bacteria in gripping surfaces.

S-layers
Main article: S-layer
An S-layer (surface layer) is a cell surface protein layer found in many different bacteria and in some archaea, where it serves as the cell wall. All S-layers are made up of a two-dimensional array of proteins and have a crystalline appearance, the symmetry of which differs between species. The exact function of S-layers is unknown, but it has been suggested that they act as a partial permeability barrier for large substrates. For example, an S-layer could conceivably keep extracellular proteins near the cell membrane by preventing their diffusion away from the cell. In some pathogenic species, an S-layer may help to facilitate survival within the host by conferring protection against host defence mechanisms.