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The pili allows bacteria to colonize cells or environmental surfaces. It also allows bacteria to hang on and avoid flushing.

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Pili are short thick structures that grows out of the cell surface. They are involved in movement of either the cell or fluids around the cell. You have pili on the cells of the respiratory tract that move mucous. Some also transfer DNA from one bacterial cell to another.

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