"Fimbriae, Bacterial" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Thin, hairlike appendages, 1 to 20 microns in length and often occurring in large numbers, present on the cells of gram-negative bacteria, particularly Enterobacteriaceae and Neisseria. Unlike flagella, they do not possess motility, but being protein (pilin) in nature, they possess antigenic and hemagglutinating properties. They are of medical importance because some fimbriae mediate the attachment of bacteria to cells via adhesins (ADHESINS, BACTERIAL). Bacterial fimbriae refer to common pili, to be distinguished from the preferred use of "pili", which is confined to sex pili (PILI, SEX).
| Descriptor ID |
D010861
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.180.285 A20.843
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| Concept/Terms |
Fimbriae, Bacterial- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Fimbria, Bacterial
- Bacterial Fimbriae
- Pili, Common
- Common Fimbriae
- Fimbriae, Common
- Common Pilus
- Pilus, Common
- Common Pili
- Bacterial Fimbria
- Common Fimbria
- Fimbria, Common
Bacterial Pilus- Bacterial Pilus
- Bacterial Pili
- Pili, Bacterial
- Pilus, Bacterial
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| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fimbriae, Bacterial" by people in Profiles.
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Dayton H, Kiss J, Wei M, Chauhan S, LaMarre E, Cornell WC, Morgan CJ, Janakiraman A, Min W, Tomer R, Price-Whelan A, Nirody JA, Dietrich LEP. Cellular arrangement impacts metabolic activity and antibiotic tolerance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. PLoS Biol. 2024 Feb; 22(2):e3002205.
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Wang BY, Cao A, Ho MH, Wilus D, Sheng S, Meng HW, Guerra E, Hong J, Xie H. Identification of microbiological factors associated with periodontal health disparities. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2023; 13:1137067.
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Choo PY, Wang CY, VanNieuwenhze MS, Kline KA. Spatial and temporal localization of cell wall associated pili in Enterococcus faecalis. Mol Microbiol. 2023 01; 119(1):1-18.
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May HC, Yu JJ, Zhang H, Wang Y, Cap AP, Chambers JP, Guentzel MN, Arulanandam BP. Thioredoxin-A is a virulence factor and mediator of the type IV pilus system in Acinetobacter baumannii. PLoS One. 2019; 14(7):e0218505.
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Mewborn L, Benitez JA, Silva AJ. Flagellar motility, extracellular proteases and Vibrio cholerae detachment from abiotic and biotic surfaces. Microb Pathog. 2017 Dec; 113:17-24.
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Mantri CK, Chen CH, Dong X, Goodwin JS, Pratap S, Paromov V, Xie H. Fimbriae-mediated outer membrane vesicle production and invasion of Porphyromonas gingivalis. Microbiologyopen. 2015 Feb; 4(1):53-65.
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Nielsen HV, Flores-Mireles AL, Kau AL, Kline KA, Pinkner JS, Neiers F, Normark S, Henriques-Normark B, Caparon MG, Hultgren SJ. Pilin and sortase residues critical for endocarditis- and biofilm-associated pilus biogenesis in Enterococcus faecalis. J Bacteriol. 2013 Oct; 195(19):4484-95.
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Nielsen HV, Guiton PS, Kline KA, Port GC, Pinkner JS, Neiers F, Normark S, Henriques-Normark B, Caparon MG, Hultgren SJ. The metal ion-dependent adhesion site motif of the Enterococcus faecalis EbpA pilin mediates pilus function in catheter-associated urinary tract infection. mBio. 2012; 3(4):e00177-12.
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Kline KA, Dodson KW, Caparon MG, Hultgren SJ. A tale of two pili: assembly and function of pili in bacteria. Trends Microbiol. 2010 May; 18(5):224-32.
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Kline KA, F?lker S, Dahlberg S, Normark S, Henriques-Normark B. Bacterial adhesins in host-microbe interactions. Cell Host Microbe. 2009 Jun 18; 5(6):580-92.