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The role of core and accessory type IV pilus genes in natural transformation and twitching motility in the bacterium Acinetobacter baylyi.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2017

Leong Colleen G, Bloomfield Rebecca A, Boyd Caroline A, Dornbusch Amber J, Lieber Leah, Liu Flora, Owen Amie, Slay Erin, Lang Kristine M, Lostroh C Phoebe

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Here we present an examination of type IV pilus genes associated with competence and twitching in the bacterium Acinetobacter baylyi (strain ADP1, BD413). We used bioinformatics to identify potential competence and twitching genes and their operons. We measured the competence and twitching phenotypes of the bioinformatically-identified genes. These results demonstrate that competence and twitching in A. baylyi...

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PMID: 28771515
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182139
PMCID: PMC5542475

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