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.
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27. Researchers focused on the material, which represents the "house" of biofilm bacteria: the matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), which consists mainly of polysaccharides ...