A multi-protein complex anchors adhesive holdfast at the outer membrane of caulobacter crescentus
<jats:p>Adhesion allows microbes to colonize surfaces and is the first stage in biofilm formation. Stable attachment of the freshwater alphaproteobacterium <jats:italic>Caulobacter crescentus</jats:italic> to surfaces requires an adhesive polysaccharide called holdfast, which is sy...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2019
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