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N. elongata produces type IV pili that mediate interspecies gene transfer with N. gonorrhoeae.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2011

Higashi Dustin L, Biais Nicolas, Weyand Nathan J, Agellon Al, Sisko Jennifer L, Brown Lewis M, So Magdalene

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The genus Neisseria contains at least eight commensal and two pathogenic species. According to the Neisseria phylogenetic tree, commensals are basal to the pathogens. N. elongata, which is at the opposite end of the tree from N. gonorrhoeae, has been observed to be fimbriated, and these fimbriae are correlated with genetic competence in this organism. We tested the hypothesis that the fimbriae of N. elongata are...

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PMID: 21731720
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021373
PMCID: PMC3120873

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