Bacterial surface appendages are generated by different mechanisms.
Zhang SY, Link AJ: Bcl-2 Family Interactome Analysis Using Bacterial Surface Display.
Dorobantu LS, Bhattacharjee S, Foght JM, Gray MR. Atomic force microscopy measurement of heterogeneity in bacterial surface hydrophobicity.
The differences in Vn binding might further be explained by a varying presence of KatA on the bacterial surface.
First, residual OspA is present on the bacterial surface at the time of transmission to an animal.
Some bacterial pathogens can obtain iron from the human host by extracting it from transferrin via two bacterial surface proteins, TfbA and TfbB.
PspC is a bacterial surface protein (adhesin) essential for colonization of nasal tissue, as well eliciting protection against pneumococcal carriage and bacteremia in a mouse model36,37.
The fimbriae or pili are nonflagellar, filamentous projections on the bacterial surface that mediate attachment of the organism to respiratory, gastrointestinal, and urinary tract mucosal cells.
An essential step in the susceptibility of bactreria to a phage is the the adsoprtion of phage particles on the bacterial surface through specific receptors.
The extracellular domain is a hollow needle-like structure protruding 60 nm beyond the bacterial surface.
Moreover, the analysis revealed that branches are randomly oriented with respect to the bacterial surface.
