Caulobacter crescentus attachment is mediated by the holdfast, a complex of
polysaccharide anchored to the cell by HfaA, HfaB and HfaD. We show that all three proteins …

The differentiating bacterium Caulobacter crescentus produces two different cell types at
each cell division, a motile swarmer cell and an adhesive stalked cell. The stalked cell …

Caulobacters are biofilm bacteria that attach to surfaces via a holdfast, an adhesive
expressed at discrete cell surface sites. We have described a cluster of at least three genes …

Bacteria use adhesins to colonize different surfaces and form biofilms. The species of the
Caulobacterales order use a polar adhesin called holdfast, composed of polysaccharides …

Caulobacter crescentus firmly adheres to surfaces with a structure known as the holdfast,
which is located at the flagellar pole of swarmer cells and at the stalk tip in stalked cells. A …

Adhesion allows microbes to colonize surfaces and is the first stage in biofilm formation.
Stable attachment of the freshwater alphaproteobacterium Caulobacter crescentus to …

Adhesion to both abiotic and biotic surfaces by the gram-negative prothescate bacterium
Caulobacter crescentus is mediated by a polar organelle called the “holdfast,” which …

Transposon (Tn5) mutagenesis was used to identify regions in the genome involved with
production, regulation, or attachment to the cell surface of the adhesive holdfast of the …

Attachment is essential for microorganisms to establish interactions with both biotic and
abiotic surfaces. Stable attachment of Caulobacter crescentus to surfaces requires an …

Caulobacters attach to surfaces in the environment via their holdfasts, attachment organelles
located at the base of the flagellum in swarmer cells and later at the end of the cellular stalk …