@article{c617ea414dd74697b920187736ed505b,
title = "Intermittent Pili-Mediated Forces Fluidize Neisseria meningitidis Aggregates Promoting Vascular Colonization",
abstract = "Meningitis-causing bacteria form viscous fluid aggregates in blood vessels with high bacterial diffusion that enhance infection.",
keywords = "Neisseria meningitidis, active matter, aggregation, bacteria, biophysics, blood vessels, infection, meningitis, type IV pili",
author = "Daria Bonazzi and \{Lo Schiavo\}, Valentina and Silke Machata and Ilyas Djafer-Cherif and Pierre Nivoit and Valeria Manriquez and Hirokazu Tanimoto and Julien Husson and Nelly Henry and Hugues Chat{\'e} and Raphael Voituriez and Guillaume Dum{\'e}nil",
year = "2018",
month = jun,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1016/j.cell.2018.04.010",
language = "English",
volume = "174",
pages = "143--155.e16",
journal = "Cell",
issn = "0092-8674",
number = "1",
}