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This bacterium expresses adhesins such as filamentous hemagglutinin, pertactin, fimbriae (FIM), and toxins such as pertussis toxin, and adenylate cyclase-hemolysin (4). The bacteria adhere to the urinary tract by way of many fimbriae, hairlike projections on the surface of the bacteria. He dreams he cannot move; the dirt that covers him is alive with tiny roots, those translucent, hairy fimbriae that steal their sustenance from the soil, with delicacy, with polite persistence. |
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