Pili Expression in Geobacter sulfurreducens Lacking the Putative Gene for the PilB Pilus Assembly Motor
T. Ueki, D. J. Walker, K. P. Nevin, J. E. Ward, T. L. Woodard, S. S. Nonnenmann, D. R. Lovley
This paper shows that deleting the PilB gene in Geobacter sulfurreducens does not prevent e-pili expression, challenging previous assumptions about gene deletion strategies for studying e-pili function.
bioRxiv · Jul 10, 2021Microbiology