Autoaggregation, adherence between identical bacterial cells, is important for colonization,
kin and kind recognition, and survival of bacteria. It is directly mediated by specific …

Many bacteria, both environmental and pathogenic, exhibit the property of autoaggregation.
In autoaggregation (sometimes also called autoagglutination or flocculation), bacteria of the …

Bacteria communicate by producing and sensing extracellular signal molecules called
autoinducers. Such intercellular signalling, known as quorum sensing, allows bacteria to …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 Microbial Aggregation Author GB Calleja, Ph.D. National Research
Council Ottawa, Canada CRC Press, Inc. Boca Raton. Florida Boca Raton London New York …

Among the earliest events in many bacterial infections are the molecular interactions that
occur between the pathogen and host cells. These interactions are typically required for …

Evolving under the constant exposure to an abundance of diverse microbial life, the human
body has developed many ways of defining the boundaries between self and non-self. Many …

Misfolding and aggregation of proteins have a negative impact on all living organisms. In
recent years, aggregation has been studied in detail due to its involvement in …

Autoinduction (AI), the response to self-produced chemical signals, is widespread in the
bacterial world. This process controls vastly different target functions, such as luminescence …

Functional interaction between bacterial surface-displayed autoaggregation proteins such
as antigen 43 (Ag43) of Escherichia coli and motility organelles such as flagella has not …

The ability of bacterial species to colonize and infect host organisms is critically dependent
upon their capacity to adhere to cellular surfaces of the host. Adherence to cell surfaces is …