However, non-flagellated mutants also appear ... and drugs aimed at disrupting the vital function of the flagellum in pathogenic bacteria are also in development.

The interaction of probiotic surface molecules with host pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) and associated co-receptors plays a key part in the observed health benefits of probiotic bacteria.

One key signal is flagellin, a protein that forms the whip-like flagella ... microbial pathogens.” Frank Schroeder, Professor, Boyce Thompson Institute To evade detection, bacteria often mask ...

These phages contain receptor binding proteins in their tail fibers, which recognize and bind to specific host receptors present on bacterial cell walls, appendages (e.g., pili and flagella), or ...

Flagella are primarily used for cell movement ... Studies on Escherichia coli have found that non-flagellated bacteria (i.e. lacking the main rod, without flagellin and FliD) showed reduced ...

Among these, many bacterial species have tail-like structures--called flagella--that spin around to propel themselves ... is involved in infections and toxicity of some species of pathogenic bacteria.