UV-inducible cellular aggregation of the hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is mediated by pili formation.

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Published in Mol Microbiol on November 01, 2008

Authors

Sabrina Fröls1, Malgorzata Ajon, Michaela Wagner, Daniela Teichmann, Behnam Zolghadr, Mihaela Folea, Egbert J Boekema, Arnold J M Driessen, Christa Schleper, Sonja-Verena Albers

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Genetics in Ecology, Vienna Ecology Center, University of Vienna, Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria.

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