a fringe or fringelike margin or border, esp at the opening of the Fallopian tubes
Derived forms
fimbrial (ˈfimbrial)
adjective
Word origin
C18: from Late Latin, from Latin fimbriae threads, shreds
Examples of 'fimbriae' in a sentence
fimbriae
Electron micrographs showed that these 3 mutants lost their long peritrichous fimbriae.
Sun Baiming, Zhou Meixian, Ruiz Teresa, Fives-Taylor Paula, Peng Zhixiang, Chen Qiang,Wu Hui 2008, 'Identification of critical residues in Gap3 of Streptococcus parasanguinis involvedin Fap1 glycosylation, fimbrial formation and in vitro adhesion', BMC Microbiologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/52. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fimbriae assembled on the bacterial surface are essential for adhesion in the urinary tract epithelium.
Víctor Manuel Luna-Pineda, Juan Pablo Reyes-Grajeda, Ariadnna Cruz-Córdova, Zeus Saldana,Sara A. Ochoa, Ma. del Carmen Maldonado-Bernal, Vicenta Cazares-Dominguez, José Arellano-Galindo,Leticia Moreno-Fierros, Rigoberto Hernandez-Castro, Juan Xicohtencatl-Cortes 2016, 'Dimeric and trimeric fusion proteins generated with fimbrial adhesins of uropathogenicEscherichia coli', Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fcimb.2016.00135/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Using the volume ultrasound may even make the demonstration of tubal status and fimbriae better.
Sonal Panchal, Chaitanya Nagori 2014, 'Imaging techniques for assessment of tubal status', Journal of Human Reproductive Scienceshttp://www.jhrsonline.org/article.asp?issn=0974-1208;year=2014;volume=7;issue=1;spage=2;epage=12;aulast=Panchal. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The fimbriae serve as adhesins to host receptors.
Lowe Anson W, Yu Su 2009, 'The pancreatic zymogen granule membrane protein, GP2, binds Escherichia coli type1 Fimbriae', BMC Gastroenterologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/9/58. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
No capsule, fimbriae and flagella were observed around colonies.
Ying Li, Xi-Zhen Ge, Ping-Fang Tian 2017, 'Production of 1,3-propanediol from glycerol using a new isolate Klebsiella sp. AA405carrying low levels of virulence factors', Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipmenthttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13102818.2017.1335175. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These fimbriae are weakly expressed in laboratory conditions and only a few are actually characterized.
Karine Dufresne, Julie Saulnier-Bellemare, France Daigle 2018, 'Functional Analysis of the Chaperone-Usher Fimbrial Gene Clusters of Salmonella entericaserovar Typhi', Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiologyhttp://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2018.00026/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Curli fimbriae and cellulose are two basic structural components of the rdar morphotype.
Milanov Dubravka S., Prunić Bojana Z., Velhner Maja J., Pajić Marko Lj., ČabarkapaIvana S. 2015, 'RDAR morphotype: A resting stage of some Enteroba cteriaceae', Food and Feed Researchhttp://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2217-5369/2015/2217-53691501043M.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All fimbriae reported by the pathologist as "normal" were subjected to a computerized histomorphometric analysis.
Amnon Amit, Edmond Sabo, Avielle Movsas, Yamit Efrat–Tamam, Ari Reiss, Emad Matanes,Geula Klorin 2019, 'Can morphometric analysis of the fallopian tube fimbria predict the presence of uterinepapillary serous carcinoma (UPSC)?', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0211329. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Among them, fimbriae play a role in the initial attachment and organization of biofilms.
Mariana Gouvêa Latini ABREU, Dione KAWAMOTO, Marcia Pinto Alves MAYER, Vinicius D'AvilaBitencourt PASCOAL, Karina Sampaio CAIAFFA, Elizangela P. ZUZA, Cristiane DUQUE, GabrielaAlessandra da Cruz Galhardo CAMARGO 2019, 'Frequency of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimA in smokers and nonsmokers after periodontaltherapy', Journal of Applied Oral Sciencehttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-77572019000100441&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These fimbriae variations likely influence the development of periodontal disease.
Morten Enersen, Kazuhiko Nakano, Atsuo Amano 2013, 'Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae', Journal of Oral Microbiologyhttp://www.journaloforalmicrobiology.net/index.php/jom/article/download/20265/27287. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)