How does bacterial conjugation work and what’s the role of the pilus? In general, conjugation involves the transfer of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), although systems that transfer double-stranded DNA ...

Conjugation is the process by which ... which the donor uses to contact the recipient. The pilus then draws the two bacteria together, at which time the donor bacterium transfers genetic material ...

This video shows a pilus shoot out from the bacterial cell to latch onto a piece of DNA. The image on the right shows the bacteria and pilus in green and the DNA in red. The image on the left ...