Amongst the major types of archaeal filaments, several have been shown to closely
resemble bacterial homologues of the Type IV pili (T4P). Within Sulfolobales, member …

The structural diversity and tunability of the capsid proteins (CPs) of various icosahedral and
rod-shaped viruses have been well studied and exploited in the development of smart …

Motility allows microbes to explore and maximize success in their environment; however,
many laboratory bacterial strains have a reduced or altered capacity for motility. Swimming …

We present a simplified theory for semiflexible flagella under the action of a traveling-wave
perturbation that emulates the organized active forces generated by molecular motors …

Type IV pili (T4Ps), which are abundant in many bacterial and archaeal species, have been
shown to play important roles in both surface sensing and twitching motility, with implications …

A number of extracellular helical protein polymers are crucial for supporting bacterial
motility. The bacterial flagellum is a polymeric appendage used to support cellular motility …

High-resolution structure determination by electron cryo-microscopy underwent a step
change in recent years. This now allows study of challenging samples which previously …

Flagella are essential for motility and pathogenicity in many bacteria. The main component
of the flagellar filament, flagellin, often undergoes post-translational modifications, with …