KROK 1 2021 – Question 129 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
The cell surface of pathogenic gram-negative bacteria can be covered in villi and cilia. What function do these structures have?
- A. Inhibition of complement activity
- B. Bacterial adhesion to the surface of the host cells, conjugation
- C. Nutrient transport into the cell
- D. RNA exchange between cells
- E. Resistance to antibody opsonization
Hint
Think about the thin protein appendages projecting from the bacterial surface and what they allow the microbe to do when it meets a mucosal cell or another bacterium.
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