Characterization Of A Pseudomonas-aeruginosa Twitching Motility Gene And Evidence For A Specialized Protein Export System Widespread In Eubacteria

Abstract

Type-4 fimbriae (pili) are associated with a phenomenon known as twitching motility, which appears to be involved with bacterial translocation across solid surfaces. Pseudomonas aeruginosa mutants which produce fimbriae, but which have lost the twitching