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Surface Appendages

Surface Appendages is a structural category of prokaryotic cell surface features that includes specialized, protein-based extensions such as flagella, pili, and fimbriae, distinguished by their roles in motility, adhesion, conjugation, and interactions with the environment.

163

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662

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277

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2017–2026

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Cell Surface Appendages

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Publications

163

Non‐flagellar filamentous appendages (“fimbriæ”) and hæmagglutinating activity in<i>Bacterium coli</i>

J. P. Duguid, Isabel W. Smith, G. Dempster et al. · The Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology · 1955 · 489 citations

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Characterization of a two-component regulatory system from Acinetobacter baumannii that controls biofilm formation and cellular morphology

Andrew P. Tomaras, Michael J. Flagler, Caleb W. Dorsey et al. · Microbiology · 2008 · 296 citations

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Non-Flagellar Appendages of Bacteria

Charles C. Brinton · Nature · 1959 · 272 citations

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Contact with epithelial cells induces the formation of surface appendages on Salmonella typhimurium

Christine C. Ginocchio, Stephen B. Olmsted, Carol L. Wells et al. · Cell · 1994 · 258 citations

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Microbial Ecology Adherent Interactions Which May Affect Microbial Ecology in the Mouth

R.J. Gibbons · Journal of Dental Research · 1984 · 239 citations

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Authors

662

  1. HJ
    Henk J. Busscher

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    7 publications · 329 citations

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  2. GW
    Gerhard Wanner

    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany

    6 publications · 298 citations

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  3. SA
    Sonja‐Verena Albers

    University of Freiburg, Germany

    5 publications · 300 citations

    5

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  4. RR
    Reinhard Rachel

    University of Regensburg, Germany

    5 publications · 285 citations

    5

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  5. HC
    Henny C. van der Mei

    University of Groningen, Netherlands

    4 publications · 177 citations

    4

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Institutions

277

  1. University of Groningen

    Groningen, The Netherlands

    9 h-index

    31 publications

    1.5K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    8 h-index

    24 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. University of Regensburg

    Regensburg, Germany

    6 h-index

    40 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    5 h-index

    16 publications

    680 citations

  5. Institut Pasteur

    Paris, France

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    744 citations

  6. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    5 h-index

    20 publications

    814 citations

  7. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

    Munich, Germany

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    452 citations

  8. Queen's University

    Kingston, Canada

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    395 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Bacteriology

    JB · 17 publications · 804 citations

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  2. Infection and Immunity

    IAI · 10 publications · 626 citations

    10

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  3. Molecular Microbiology

    8 publications · 582 citations

    8

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  4. Applied and Environmental Microbiology

    AEM · 7 publications · 275 citations

    7

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  5. FEMS Microbiology Letters

    6 publications · 263 citations

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