Articles related to "Bacteria Fimbriae"

Most Gram-negative bacteria have hair-like projections external to their cell's wall. One type, fimbriae, allows bacteria to stick together and attach to host cells.

Prokaryotic cells can have a variety of surface appendages - flagellum, fimbria or pilus - that enable them to move, adhere to surfaces and even infect host cells.

Fimbriae are external structures of Gram- cells which enable bacteria to adhere to surfaces and, as virulence factors, mediate infection of host cells.