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Direct Observation of Electrically Conductive Pili Emanating from
mBio, 2021 Geobacter sulfurreducens is a model microbe for elucidating the mechanisms for extracellular electron transfer in several biogeochemical cycles, bioelectrochemical applications, and microbial metal corrosion.
Xinying Liu +4 more
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mBio, 2017 The electrically conductive pili (e-pili) of Geobacter sulfurreducens serve as a model for a novel strategy for long-range extracellular electron transfer. e-pili are also a new class of bioelectronic materials.
Yang Tan +6 more
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Csu pili dependent biofilm formation and virulence of Acinetobacter baumannii
npj Biofilms and Microbiomes, 2023 Acinetobacter baumannii has emerged as one of the most common extensive drug-resistant nosocomial bacterial pathogens. Not only can the bacteria survive in hospital settings for long periods, but they are also able to resist adverse conditions.
Irfan Ahmad +7 more
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Structure of Geobacter pili reveals secretory rather than nanowire behaviour
Nature, 2021 Extracellular electron transfer by Geobacter species through surface appendages known as microbial nanowires1 is important in a range of globally important environmental phenomena2, as well as for applications in bio-remediation, bioenergy, biofuels and ...
Yangqi Gu +9 more
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Archaic chaperone–usher pili self-secrete into superelastic zigzag springs
Nature, 2022 Adhesive pili assembled through the chaperone–usher pathway are hair-like appendages that mediate host tissue colonization and biofilm formation of Gram-negative bacteria1–3. Archaic chaperone–usher pathway pili, the most diverse and widespread chaperone–
N. Pakharukova +13 more
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Molecular Microbiology, 2021 The competence pili of transformable Gram‐positive species are phylogenetically related to the diverse and widespread class of extracellular filamentous organelles known as type IV pili.
Trinh Lam +5 more
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Genetics, Structure, and Function of Group A Streptococcal Pili
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus; GAS) is an exclusively human pathogen. This bacterial species is responsible for a large variety of infections, ranging from purulent but mostly self-limiting oropharynx/skin diseases to streptococcal ...
M. Nakata, B. Kreikemeyer
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A tale of two pili: assembly and function of pili in bacteria [PDF]
Trends in Microbiology, 2010 Bacterial pili have long been recognized as mediators of initial host-pathogen interactions important for the progression of Gram-negative bacterial diseases. An appreciation of the role of pili on virulence in Gram-positive bacteria and the unique properties of their biogenesis is a rapidly emerging area of research. In this review, we focus on recent
Kimberly A, Kline +3 more
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Bridging Bacteria and the Gut: Functional Aspects of Type IV Pili.
Trends in Microbiology, 2020 Cell-surface-located proteinaceous appendages, such as flagella and fimbriae or pili, are ubiquitous in bacterial communities. Here, we focus on conserved type IV pili (T4P) produced by bacteria in the intestinal tract, one of the most densely populated ...
Kate Ligthart +3 more
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