curli

English

Noun

curli pl (plural only)

1. Thin, coiled, proteinaceous fibres, on the surface of the bacterium Escherichia coli, by means of which the bacterium adheres to and infects wounds etc.
   • 2015 March 1, Maria C. Cergole-Novella, Antonio C.C. Pignatari, Beatriz E.C. Guth, “Adhesion, biofilm and genotypic characteristics of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli isolates”, in Brazilian Journal of Microbiology‎^[1], volume 46, →DOI:

     In order to identify the presence of gene sequences related to curli […] in the isolates studied, PCR assays were carried out, and curli expression and production of cellulose were determined according to Biscola et al. (2011).

Related terms

• curliate
• curliation

Anagrams

• Ulric