Both studies investigated bacteria from the phylogenetically ... (this has yet to be confirmed), these type IV pili might be involved in cell motility. An estimated 10% of the final assembly ...

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is ...

Pili: Hair-like structures on the surface of bacteria that facilitate adhesion to surfaces and other cells. Sortase: An enzyme that anchors surface proteins to the bacterial cell wall, playing a ...

L. Talà et al., “Pseudomonas aeruginosa orchestrates twitching motility by sequential control of type IV pili movements,” Nat Microbiol, 4:774–80, 2019. Bacteria use long, threadlike attachments known ...

“Bacteria then use this information to navigate across surfaces toward chemical sources using tiny grappling hooks called pili.” The researchers mapped out how individual cells responded to ...

And instead of the metabolic reactions occurring within cells, the bacteria ... of Massachusetts Amherst shows that pili—tiny filaments jutting out from bacteria—can be used to create wires ...

Alternatively, cells can measure ... tiny size. "Bacteria then use this information to navigate across surfaces toward ...