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Genetic analysis and morphological identification of pilus-like structures in members of the genus Bifidobacterium

BACKGROUND: Cell surface pili in Gram positive bacteria have been reported to orchestrate the colonization of host tissues, evasion of immunity and the development of biofilms. So far, little if any information is available on the presence of pilus-like structures in human gut commensals like bifido...

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Autores principales: Foroni, Elena, Serafini, Fausta, Amidani, Davide, Turroni, Francesca, He, Fei, Bottacini, Francesca, O’Connell Motherway, Mary, Viappiani, Alice, Zhang, Ziding, Rivetti, Claudio, van Sinderen, Douwe, Ventura, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3231923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21995649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2859-10-S1-S16