If you removed the sex pili from a bacterial cell, then the
A) bacterium could no longer swim.
B) bacterium could no longer regulate the movement of molecules into and out of the cell.
C) bacterium could no longer exchange DNA with other cells.
D) shape of the bacterium would change.
E) bacterium would dry out.

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Sex pili are involved in the process of bacterial conjugation, which is a method of DNA exchange between bacterial cells. Removing them would impair this ability.

If You Removed the Sex Pili from a Bacterial Cell