Due to their intimate physical interactions with the environment, surface polysaccharides are
critical determinants of fitness for bacteria. Caulobacter crescentus produces a specialized …

Bacterial adhesion is affected by environmental factors, such as ionic strength, pH,
temperature, and shear forces. Therefore, marine bacteria must have developed adhesins …

Due to their intimate physical interactions with the environment, surface polysaccharides are
critical determinants of fitness for bacteria. Caulobacter crescentus produces a specialized …

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 …

To colonize surfaces, the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus employs a polar
polysaccharide, the holdfast, located at the end of a thin, long stalk protruding from the cell …

When encountering surfaces, many bacteria produce adhesins to facilitate their initial
attachment and to irreversibly glue themselves to the solid substrate. A central molecule …

Background Adhesion to surfaces facilitates many crucial functions of microbes in their
natural habitats. Thus understanding the mechanism of microbial adhesion is of broad …

Caulobacters are stalked bacteria that produce a structure termed a holdfast which enables
firm attachment to surfaces. Tn5 insertion mutagenesis was used to identify genes affecting …

The holdfast polysaccharide adhesin is crucial for irreversible cell adhesion and biofilm
formation in Caulobacter crescentus. Holdfast production is tightly controlled via …

The aquatic bacterium Caulobacter crescentus attaches to solid surfaces through an
adhesive holdfast located at the tip of its polar stalk, a thin cylindrical extension of the cell …