Type IV pili are widespread among non-pathogenic Gram-positive gut bacteria with diverse carbohydrate utilization patterns

• Samuel Wilson

Sort IV pili (T4P) are bacterial surface-exposed appendages which were extensively studied in Gram-negative pathogenic micro organism. Regardless of latest sequencing efforts, little is understood relating to these buildings in non-pathogenic anaerobic Gram-positive species, notably commensals of the mammalian intestine. Early research revealed that T4P in two ruminal Gram-positive species are related to progress on…