pilus
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From Latin 'pilus' meaning 'hair'.
مثال
- Bacterial pili play a crucial role in the exchange of genetic information.
- The pilus allows bacteria to adhere to surfaces and form biofilms.
- Pili are important virulence factors in certain pathogenic bacteria.
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal “there is a hair in my soup”
- hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism