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

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

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...

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Main Authors: Dustin L Higashi, Nicolas Biais, Nathan J Weyand, Al Agellon, Jennifer L Sisko, Lewis M Brown, Magdalene So
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0021373&type=printable
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