Physiochemical Properties of Caulobacter crescentus Holdfast: A Localized Bacterial Adhesive

To colonize surfaces, the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus employs a polar polysaccharide, the holdfast, located at the end of a thin, long stalk protruding from the cell body. Unlike many other bacteria which adhere through an extended extracellular polymeric network, the holdfast footprint area is...

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