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Pili
Nonmotile long filamentous tubes
Fimbriae
Hairlike proteins used for adhesion
Other organisms
RNA
Produced by transcription of DNA
mRNA
Translation
mRNA is read by ribosome.
• Codon: a group of three nucleotides
• tRNA matches codon with anticodon
Protein
Functional unit: expression of genetic potential
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Bacterial Genetics
Genetic elements and alterations
The bacterial genome
Extrachromosomal elements
• Plasmids
Mobile genetic elements
• Mutations
• Genetic recombination