SUMMARY Type IV pili (T4P) are multifunctional protein fibers produced on the surfaces of a
wide variety of bacteria and archaea. The major subunit of T4P is the type IV pilin, and …

Investigations into bacterial protein glycosylation continue to progress rapidly. It is now
established that bacteria possess both N-linked and O-linked glycosylation pathways that …

Summary Type IV pili (T4P) are long, thin, flexible filaments on bacteria that undergo
assembly-disassembly from inner membrane pilin subunits and exhibit astonishing …

Although renowned as a lethal pathogen, Neisseria meningitidis has adapted to be a
commensal of the human nasopharynx. It shares extensive genetic and antigenic similarities …

Population diversification strategies are ubiquitous among microbes, encompassing random
phase-variation (RPV) of pathogenic bacteria, viral latency as observed in some …

Asparagine-linked glycosylation involves the sequential assembly of an oligosaccharide
onto a polyisoprenyl donor, followed by the en bloc transfer of the glycan to particular …

Humans have been increasingly recognized as being superorganisms, living in close
contact with a microbiota on all their mucosal surfaces. However, most studies on the human …

We describe in this report the characterization of the recently discovered N‐linked
glycosylation locus of the human bacterial pathogen Campylobacter jejuni, the first such …

The relationship between tunicates and the uncultivated cyanobacterium Prochloron
didemni has long provided a model symbiosis. P. didemni is required for survival of animals …

Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis are closely related organisms that cause
the sexually transmitted infection gonorrhea and serious bacterial meningitis and …