<i>Pectobacterium atrosepticum</i> SCRI1043 flagella mediate adherence to potato plants indirectly through motility.

ABSTRACT: Flagella are widely distributed appendages in bacteria with well-characterized functions in motility and chemotaxis. They also interact directly with hosts and, due to their ubiquity, are potent immune elicitors for hosts from both the plant and animal kingdoms. Furthermore, flagella have been shown to facilitate attachment for several different bacterial species, including several plant-associated bacteria to plant hosts. We previously demonstrated binding of flagella from Escherichia coli to ionic lipids in plant plasma membranes for horticultural species and Arabidopsis thaliana. As such, flagella could be considered as a generic colonization factor, especially in the early stages of the interactions. Therefore, we tested whether flagella from a genetically related species

SUBMITTER: Holmes A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12310338 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature