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What Flips the Switch? Signals and Stress Regulating Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Type 1 Fimbriae (Pili)

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2021
Pathogens are exposed to a multitude of harmful conditions imposed by the environment of the host. Bacterial responses against these stresses are pivotal for successful host colonization and pathogenesis. In the case of many E.
Hicham Bessaiah   +3 more
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Detection of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimA Type I Genotype in Gingivitis by Real-Time PCR–A Pilot Study [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Published literature till date reveals a high prevalence of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimA type I genotype among healthy subjects. Quite a few studies have reported its prevalence also in periodontitis patients. Nevertheless incidence of
Mahalakshmi Krishnan   +2 more
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Role of type 1 and type 3 fimbriae in Klebsiella pneumoniae biofilm formation

open access: yesBMC Microbiology, 2010
Background Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important gram-negative opportunistic pathogen causing primarily urinary tract infections, respiratory infections, and bacteraemia. The ability of bacteria to form biofilms on medical devices, e.g.
Krogfelt Karen A   +3 more
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Synchronous High-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion of the Fimbria of the Fallopian Tube in a 51-Year-Old Woman with Invasive Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Uterine Cervix

open access: yesDiagnostics, 2023
Primary squamous cell carcinoma or squamous intraepithelial lesion of the fallopian tube is a very rare finding with only a small number of cases worldwide.
Anne-Sophie Wegscheider   +6 more
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Analysis of Spleen-Induced Fimbria Production in Recombinant Attenuated Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Vaccine Strains

open access: yesmBio, 2017
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium genome encodes 13 fimbrial operons. Most of the fimbriae encoded by these operons are not produced under laboratory conditions but are likely to be synthesized in vivo.
Paweł Łaniewski   +3 more
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Prevalence, distribution and genetic association of adhesin gene sequences of Escherichia coli isolates from urinary tract infections in Slovenia

open access: yesActa Biologica Slovenica, 2008
110 uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strains obtained from the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology of the Medical Faculty in Ljubljana, Slovenia were screened with molecular biology methods for the well characterized adhesin gene sequences ...
Marjanca Starčič-Erjavec   +1 more
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Efficacy of FimA antibody and clindamycin in silkworm larvae stimulated with Porphyromonas gulae

open access: yesJournal of Oral Microbiology, 2021
Objective: Porphyromonas gulae, a major periodontal pathogen in animals, possesses fimbriae that have been classified into three genotypes (A, B, C) based on the diversity of fimA genes encoding fimbrillin protein (FimA). P.
Sho Yoshida   +6 more
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Probiotics alter biofilm formation and the transcription of Porphyromonas gingivalis virulence-associated genes

open access: yesJournal of Oral Microbiology, 2020
Background and Objective The potential of probiotics on the prevention and control of periodontitis and other chronic inflammatory conditions has been suggested. Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium species influence P.
Karin Hitomi Ishikawa   +6 more
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Expression and Functional Characterization of Various Chaperon-Usher Fimbriae, Curli Fimbriae, and Type 4 Pili of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Sakai

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) is a highly pathogenic strain leading to hemorrhagic colitis and to the hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) in humans. The mechanisms by which pathogenic E.
Laura Elpers   +2 more
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Extraction and partial purification for adhesive protein FimH from type-1 pili which isolated from uorpathogenic E.coli

open access: yesمجلة بغداد للعلوم
    Type-1 fimbriae have been extracted from E.coli which was previously isolated, the yield was 2.8 mg fimbriae/10 g bacteria , the crude fimbriae was partially purified by several solubilization and recrystilization methods using a series of buffer ...
Alice K. M, Mouruj A. alaubydi
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