Biofilm is a crucial virulence factor for microorganisms that causes chronic infection. After
biofilm formation, the bacteria present improve drug tolerance and multifactorial defense …

Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of the disease cholera, is responsible for multiple
pandemics. V. cholerae binds to and colonizes the gastrointestinal tract within the human …

Many pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria use repeats-in-toxin adhesins for colonization and
biofilm formation. In the cholera agent Vibrio cholerae, flagellar-regulated hemagglutinin A …

Bacterial adhesins attach their hosts to surfaces that the bacteria will colonize. This surface
adhesion occurs through specific ligand‐binding domains located towards the distal end of …

This chapter explores the structural and functional mechanisms of fibrillar adhesins involved
in bacteria-host interactions and biofilm formation. Fibrillar adhesins are non-fimbrial …

The capacity of pathogenic bacteria to adhere to host cells and to avoid subsequent
clearance by the host´ s immune response is the initial and most decisive step leading to …

The aggregation of bacteria into the form of biofilms is a measure of their success in
colonizing biotic and abiotic surfaces. Biofilm communities provide the sheltering bacteria …

Vibrio cholerae is a highly motile organism that employs a single polar flagellum as a major
virulence factor determinant for intestinal colonization and environmental proliferation …