curli
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curli pl (plural only)
- Thin, coiled, proteinaceous fibres, on the surface of the bacterium Escherichia coli, by means of which the bacterium adheres to and infects wounds etc.
- 2015 March 1, Maria C. Cergole-Novella, Antonio C.C. Pignatari, Beatriz E.C. Guth, “Adhesion, biofilm and genotypic characteristics of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli isolates”, in Brazilian Journal of Microbiology[1], volume 46, :
- In order to identify the presence of gene sequences related to curli […] in the isolates studied, PCR assays were carried out, and curli expression and production of cellulose were determined according to Biscola et al. (2011).