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Twitching motility is a form of crawling bacterial motility used to move over surfaces. Twitching is mediated by the activity of hair-like filaments called type IV pili which extend from the cell's exterior, bind to surrounding solid substrates, and retract, pulling the cell forwards in a manner similar to the action of a grappling hook. The name twitching motility is derived from the characteristic jerky and irregular motions of individual cells when viewed under the microscope. It has been observed in many bacterial species, but is most well studied in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Myxococcus xanthus. Active movement mediated by the twitching system has been shown to be an important component of the pathogenic mechanisms of several species.
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Separation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilus-dependent twitching motility and surface-sensing responses - ASM Journals
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Separation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilus-dependent twitching motility and surface-sensing responses - ASM Journals
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Adhesion pilus retraction powers twitching motility in the thermoacidophilic crenarchaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius - Nature
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rpoN1, but not rpoN2, is required for twitching motility, natural competence, growth on nitrate, and virulence of Ralstonia solanacearum - Frontiers
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New research illuminates the impact of surface properties on bacteria movement - Virginia Tech News
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New light shed on dynamics of type IV pili and twitching motility - EurekAlert!
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Inorganic polyphosphate is needed for swimming, swarming, and twitching motilities of Pseudomonas aeruginosa - PNAS
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CryoEM reveals the structure of an archaeal pilus involved in twitching motility - Nature
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Impacts of Ser/Thr Protein Kinase Stk1 on the Proteome, Twitching Motility, and Competitive Advantage in Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Frontiers
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa orchestrates twitching motility by sequential control of type IV pili movements - Nature
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Surface hydrophilicity promotes bacterial twitching motility - ASM Journals
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Bacterial twitching motility is coordinated by a two-dimensional tug-of-war with directional memory - Nature
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Upstream Migration of Xylella fastidiosa via Pilus-Driven Twitching Motility - ASM Journals
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Pilus retraction powers bacterial twitching motility - Nature
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Emergence of complex behavior in pili-based motility in early stages of P. aeruginosa surface adaptation - Nature
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Collective Dynamics of Model Pili-Based Twitcher-Mode Bacilliforms - Scientific Reports - Nature
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Role of flagella and type four pili in the co-migration of Burkholderia terrae BS001 with fungal hyphae through soil - Nature
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Bacteria differently deploy type-IV pili on surfaces to adapt to nutrient availability | npj Biofilms and Microbiomes - Nature
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