How do you use Pilus in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like hair or filament, plus the exact meaning.
Pilus in a sentence
Pilus meaning
- A hair.
- A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria.
- A bacterial protein that has several biochemical functions.
Using Pilus
- The main meaning on this page is: A hair. | A hairlike appendage found on the cell surface of many bacteria. | A bacterial protein that has several biochemical functions.
- Useful related words include: hair, filament, filum.
- In the example corpus, pilus often appears in combinations such as: primus pilus, the pilus, pilus prior.
Context around Pilus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pilus
- In this selection, "pilus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, primus, coregulated, short, prior, first and tcp stand out and add context to how "pilus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the primus pilus and a short pilus that is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pilus" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pilus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This rank is subordinate to the Primus Pilus. (8 words)
The primus pilus had a chance of later becoming a Praefectus Castrorum. (12 words)
The genes for toxin coregulated pilus are coded by the VPI pathogenicity island (VPI). (14 words)
Ranking within the legion was based on length of service, with the senior Centurion commanding the first century of the first cohort; he was called the primus pilus (First Spear), and reported directly to the superior officers (legates and tribuni). (40 words)
The cohorts were ranked from the first to the tenth and the century within each cohort ranked from 1 to 6, with only five centuries in the first cohort (for a total of 59 centurions and the primus pilus). (39 words)
Several proteins coded for in the tra or trb locus seem to open a channel between the bacteria and it is thought that the traD enzyme, located at the base of the pilus, initiates membrane fusion. (36 words)
Example sentences (16)
This rank is senior to all other centurions, save the primus pilus and pilus prior.
A fimbria is a short pilus that is used to attach the bacterium to a surface.
Colonization of the small intestine also requires the toxin coregulated pilus (TCP), a thin, flexible, filamentous appendage on the surface of bacterial cells.
Fimbria A fimbria also known as a pilus is a short, thin, hair-like filament found on the surface of bacteria.
Generally he was a long serving veteran from a lower social status than the tribunii whom he outranked, and who previously had served as primus pilus and finished his 25 years with the legions.
However, some classes of plasmids encode the conjugative "sex" pilus necessary for their own transfer.
Ranking within the legion was based on length of service, with the senior Centurion commanding the first century of the first cohort; he was called the primus pilus (First Spear), and reported directly to the superior officers (legates and tribuni).
Several proteins coded for in the tra or trb locus seem to open a channel between the bacteria and it is thought that the traD enzyme, located at the base of the pilus, initiates membrane fusion.
The cohorts were ranked from the first to the tenth and the century within each cohort ranked from 1 to 6, with only five centuries in the first cohort (for a total of 59 centurions and the primus pilus).
The genes for toxin coregulated pilus are coded by the VPI pathogenicity island (VPI).
The most senior centurion in a legion was known as the primus pilus (first file or spear), who directly commanded the first century of the first cohort and commanded the whole first cohort when in battle.
The primus pilus had a chance of later becoming a Praefectus Castrorum.
The seniority of the pilus prior centurions was followed by the five other century commanders of the first cohort, who were known as primi ordines.
This has been shown in experiments where the pilus are allowed to make contact, but then are denatured with SDS and yet DNA transformation still proceeds.
This rank is subordinate to the Primus Pilus.
While the legion was in battle formation, the Pilus Prior was given command of their entire cohort.
Common combinations with pilus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: