Intermittent Pili-Mediated Forces Fluidize Neisseria meningitidis Aggregates Promoting Vascular Colonization

  • Daria Bonazzi
  • , Valentina Lo Schiavo
  • , Silke Machata
  • , Ilyas Djafer-Cherif
  • , Pierre Nivoit
  • , Valeria Manriquez
  • , Hirokazu Tanimoto
  • , Julien Husson
  • , Nelly Henry
  • , Hugues Chaté
  • , Raphael Voituriez
  • , Guillaume Duménil

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

Meningitis-causing bacteria form viscous fluid aggregates in blood vessels with high bacterial diffusion that enhance infection.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)143-155.e16
JournalCell
Volume174
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Jun 2018

Keywords

  • Neisseria meningitidis
  • active matter
  • aggregation
  • bacteria
  • biophysics
  • blood vessels
  • infection
  • meningitis
  • type IV pili

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