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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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Highly conserved type 1 pili promote enterotoxigenic E. coli pathogen-host interactions [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017 Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), defined by their elaboration of heat-labile (LT) and/or heat-stable (ST) enterotoxins, are a common cause of diarrheal illness in developing countries.
Begum, Yasmin Ara +7 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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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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Mutations in the gene encoding the ancillary pilin subunit of the Streptococcus suis srtF cluster result in pili formed by the major subunit only. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Pili have been shown to contribute to the virulence of different Gram-positive pathogenic species. Among other critical steps of bacterial pathogenesis, these structures participate in adherence to host cells, colonization and systemic virulence ...
Nahuel Fittipaldi +7 more
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Annals of Dermatology, 2014 Dear Editor: Cutaneous pili migrans is a rare skin condition in which a hair shaft or fragment is embedded in the superficial skin. It is characterized by a creeping eruption with black-line like hair mimicking cutaneous larva migrans1. Removal of the black hair shaft heals the lesion completely2,3. Herein, we report a case of cutaneous pili migrans
Kim, Yoon Hwan +8 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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