Mr 10 Departure Betwixt Pili In Addition To Fimbriae

Pili too fimbriae are jail mobile telephone surface appendages acquaint inward bacteria other than flagella. These structures are non for locomotion.

Pili too fimbriae are surface appendages for attachment.

 Pili vs Fimbriae

Pili	Fimbriae
Long, thicker, tubular structures made upwardly of poly peptide pilin	Thin too shorter than the pili
Pili are constitute alone inward Gram negative bacteria	Fimbriae are constitute both inward Gram negative too Gram positive bacteria
The release of pili are less (3-5 per cell)	The release of fimbriae is 300-400 per cell
Formation of pili is governed yesteryear plasmid genes	Formation of fimbriae is governed yesteryear bacterial genes inward the nucleoid region
Pili, involved inward jail mobile telephone to jail mobile telephone attachment during bacterial conjugation. Therefore called equally sex-pili	Fimbriae is involved inward jail mobile telephone to surface attachment of bacteria