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A function of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO polar pili: twitching motility
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Twitching motility is a mode of flagella-independent surface translocation exhibited by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other bacteria on solid media. All species exhibiting it carry thin pili, usually polar. This work shows that only PAO and K strains of P. aeruginosa with retractile (PSA) pili were able to move in this way, those with no pili or non-retractile pili remaining stationary. Specific agents such as anti-pilus serum, which prevents otherwise functional pili from retracting, also prevented twitching motility.
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- Authors
- Bradley, D. E.
- Venue
- Canadian Journal of Microbiology
- Publisher
- Canadian Science Publishing
- Published
- 1980-02-01
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 146-154
- ISSN
- 0008-4166 (ISSN-L)
- 1480-3275
- OpenAlex
- W2071075943
- Cited by
- 317
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 1.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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