Type IV pili are thin, long, strong, flexible filaments that are found in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. They stretch out from pores in the membrane of the bacteria. These filaments are very important for many ...

Type IV pili (T4P) are long bio-filaments, assembled from many copies of a protein called pilin, which emanate from the surface of bacterial cells (Fig. 1). They are used to adhere to other surfaces and other cells. T4P ...

Our group is using computer simulations to investigate the strength of bacterial filaments called type IV pili. Type IV pili extend from bacterial cells and are used in a wide variety of functions, including adhesion, ...

Our group is using computer models of molecular systems to better understand the impact of deep eutectic solvents on the protein insulin. Specifically, we are studying how the deep eutectic solvent choline geranate stabilizes ...

Type IV Pili (T4P) are long biopolymers made up of thousands of copies of a protein called pilin. T4P are found on a large variety of micro-organisms including Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria [1]. It has been ...

Our group is using computer simulations to investigate the strength of bacterial filaments called type IV pili. Type IV pili extend from bacterial cells and are used in a wide variety of functions, including adhesion, ...

Spore-forming bacteria are an issue because they can ruin and spoil food and can make people sick. These bacterial spores can stick to many surfaces, withstand high heat, and are hard to kill even with disinfectants. ...

Bacillus cereus sensu lato is a group of Gram-positive human and animal pathogens, which (as a survival mechanism) are able to become endospores that can withstand starvation, antimicrobials, wet heat, radiation, and strong ...

Bacillus cereus sensu lato is a gram-positive bacteria with the ability to form endospores. Endospore appendages isolated from B. cereus NVH 0075-95, nicknamed the ‘S-Ena Pili” exhibit unique structural characteristics, ...