Some phages make use of bacterial pili by attaching to them and allowing bacteria to reel the phage to the surface, where the phage can start infecting the bacteria. In their study, co-first ...

Scientists have uncovered how certain E. coli bacteria in the gut promote colon cancer by binding to intestinal cells and ...

Colon cancer is a particularly deadly form of cancer, and the incidence of the disease is rising, especially among younger ...

Caption This video shows a pilus shoot out from the bacterial cell to latch onto a piece of DNA. The image on the right shows the bacteria and pilus in green and the DNA in red. The image on the ...

Pilus motors These spiral waves as observed by the researchers in bacteria are an emergent phenomenon. Emergent phenomena are ...

This attachment is made possible by specific bacterial pili, long thin protein fibers on the bacterial surface that end in adhesins that can bind receptors on the cells of the intestinal epithelium.