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 …

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

Attachment to surfaces by the prosthecate bacterium Caulobacter crescentus is mediated by
an adhesive organelle, the holdfast, found at the tip of the stalk. Indirect evidence suggested …

Caulobacter crescentus cells adhere to surfaces by using an extremely strong polar adhesin
called the holdfast. The polysaccharide component of the holdfast is comprised in part of …

Surface colonization is central to the lifestyles of many bacteria. Exploiting surface niches
requires sophisticated systems for sensing and attaching to solid materials. Caulobacter …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …