Common symptoms include: 1  Pain or tenderness in your face, jaw joint area, neck and shoulders, and in or around the ear when you chew, speak, or open your mouth wide. 2  Problems when you try to open your mouth wide. 3  Jaws that get stuck or lock in the open-or closed-mouth position.
Fimbriae: 1  Structure: Similar to pili, but shorter and more abundant on the cell surface. 2  Function: Adhesion of cells to surface and formation of pellicles (biofilms) containing thin sheets of cells on a liquid surface.
Differences between Fimbriae and Pili. Fimbriae and Pili are filamentous structures composed of protein that extend from the surface of a cell and can have many functions. Fimbriae are found in gram negative as well as gram positive bacteria but are shorter in length as compared to pili. Pili are longer than fimbriae and there are only a few per cell.