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Pilus of Streptococcus pneumoniae: structure, function and vaccine potential

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023
The pilus is an extracellular structural part that can be detected in some Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) isolates (type I pili are found in approximately 30% of strains, while type II pili are found in approximately 20%). It is anchored to the
Chenglin Miao, Yali Cui, Yali Cui, Yali Cui, Ziyi Yan, Yongmei Jiang, Yongmei Jiang   +6 more
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Bacteria Use Type IV Pili to Walk Upright and Detach from Surfaces [PDF]

, 2010
1. Department of Bioengineering, California Nano Systems Institute,University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA. 2. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX 77204, USA. 3.
Conrad, Jacinta C., Gibiansky, Maxsim L., Gordon, Vernita D., Jin, Fan, Mathewson, Margie A., Motto, Dominick A.   +5 more
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Respiratory Organ‐on‐a‐Chip for Disease Modeling: From Architecture to Functional Integration

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Respiratory organ‐on‐a‐chip (ROC) models capture key mechanical and cellular cues of the human respiratory system, enabling quantitative dissection of disease mechanisms. This review links ROC architectures to disease modeling, functional integration, and commercialization, and proposes a decision framework that aligns model complexity with mechanistic
Jinzhuo Hu, Yongjie Tang, Sidi Liu, Tao Xu, Qian Liu   +4 more
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Architecture of the biofilm-associated archaic Chaperone-Usher pilus CupE from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

PLoS Pathogens, 2023
Chaperone-Usher Pathway (CUP) pili are major adhesins in Gram-negative bacteria, mediating bacterial adherence to biotic and abiotic surfaces. While classical CUP pili have been extensively characterized, little is known about so-called archaic CUP pili,
Jan Böhning, Adrian W Dobbelstein, Nina Sulkowski, Kira Eilers, Andriko von Kügelgen, Abul K Tarafder, Sew-Yeu Peak-Chew, Mark Skehel, Vikram Alva, Alain Filloux, Tanmay A M Bharat   +10 more
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Formation and Dissolution of Bacterial Colonies

, 2015
Many organisms form colonies for a transient period of time to withstand environmental pressure. Bacterial biofilms are a prototypical example of such behavior.
Biais, Nicolas, Lin, Yen Ting, Weber, Christoph, Zaburdaev, Vasily   +3 more
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Immunoinformatics‐Based Design of a Multi‐Epitope Vaccine Targeting a Conserved Copper–Associated Protein in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Neisseria gonorrhoeae poses an urgent public health challenge due to rapidly increasing antimicrobial resistance and the absence of an effective vaccine. Targeting conserved bacterial pathways involved in essential physiological processes may provide new opportunities for vaccine antigen discovery.
Sinethemba H. Yakobi, Uchechukwu U. Nwodo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Review on Carbon‐Based and Metal‐Based Anode Materials of Microbial Fuel Cells

Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.
Reviews a wide range of anode materials used in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and evaluates their performance and suitability for scalable energy recovery from wastewater. Defines the essential characteristics of an ideal anode, including high surface area, excellent electrical conductivity, strong biocompatibility, and cost‐effectiveness, while ...
Md. Hamidur Rahman, A. N. M. Mominul Islam Mukut   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sculpting the Bacterial O-Glycoproteome: Functional Analyses of Orthologous Oligosaccharyltransferases with Diverse Targeting Specificities

mBio, 2022
Protein glycosylation systems are widely recognized in bacteria, including members of the genus Neisseria. In most bacterial species, the molecular mechanisms and evolutionary contexts underpinning target protein selection and the glycan repertoire ...
Chris Hadjineophytou, Jan Haug Anonsen, Tina Svingerud, Tatum D. Mortimer, Yonatan H. Grad, Nichollas E. Scott, Michael Koomey   +6 more
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Twitching Motility of Bacteria with Type IV Pili: Fractal Walks, First passage time and their Consequences on Microcolonies

, 2017
A human pathogen, \textit{Neisseria gonorrhoeae} (NG), moves on surfaces by attaching and retracting polymeric structures called Type IV pili. The \textit{tug-of-war} between the pili results in a two-dimensional stochastic motion called \textit ...
Banerjee, Varsha, Bisht, Konark, Klumpp, Stefan, Marathe, Rahul   +3 more
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Electrically conductive pili from pilin genes of phylogenetically diverse microorganisms

The ISME Journal, 2017
The possibility that bacteria other than Geobacter species might contain genes for electrically conductive pili (e-pili) was investigated by heterologously expressing pilin genes of interest in Geobacter sulfurreducens. Strains of G.
David J. F. Walker, R. Adhikari, D. Holmes, Joy E. Ward, T. Woodard, K. Nevin, D. Lovley   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source