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Unlike the cells of higher groups of organisms like plants and mammals, bacterial cell does not possess a nuclear membrane. The nuclear material remains suspended inside the cell and is called nucleoids.

Another feature that makes bacteria different is the presence of pili (pronounced as pie-lie). Pili have various functions of which adhering to the host cell, conjugation (a form of sexual reproduction) production of toxins (that cause disease) are a few to mention.

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