ReviewPLoS pathogens2015
Bacterial flagella: twist and stick, or dodge across the kingdoms.
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98 citing papers in PubMed, 220 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Flagellin sensing, signaling, and immune responses in plants.Plant communications · 2025Review
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- Emergence of carbapenem resistance in persistent Shewanella algae bacteremia: the role of pdsS G547W mutation in adaptive subpopulation dynamics.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2024Article
- The perception and evolution of flagellin, cold shock protein and elongation factor Tu from vector-borne bacterial plant pathogens.Molecular plant pathology · 2024Article
- Identification of pathways required forApplied and environmental microbiology · 2024Article
- Natural variation of immune epitopes reveals intrabacterial antagonism.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- A Review of the Mechanisms of Bacterial Colonization of the Mammal Gut.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- Incomplete immunity in a natural animal-microbiota interaction selects for higher pathogen virulence.Current biology : CB · 2024Article
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Abstract
The flagellum organelle is an intricate multiprotein assembly best known for its rotational propulsion of bacteria. However, recent studies have expanded our knowledge of other functions in pathogenic contexts, particularly adherence and immune modulation, e.g., for Salmonella enterica, Campylobacter jejuni, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli. Flagella-mediated adherence is important in host colonisation for several plant and animal pathogens, but the specific interactions that promote flagella binding to such diverse host tissues has remained elusive. Recent work has shown that the organelles act like probes that find favourable surface topologies to initiate binding. An emerging theme is that more general properties, such as ionic charge of repetitive binding epitopes and rotational force, allow interactions with plasma membrane components. At the same time, flagellin monomers are important inducers of plant and animal innate immunity: variation in their recognition impacts the course and outcome of infections in hosts from both kingdoms. Bacteria have evolved different strategies to evade or even promote this specific recognition, with some important differences shown for phytopathogens. These studies have provided a wider appreciation of the functions of bacterial flagella in the context of both plant and animal reservoirs.
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