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adhesins

substances which confer virulence on bacteria by enabling them to adhere to epithelial surfaces. See also pilus, fimbria.

AAF adhesins

aggregative adherence fimbriae; involved in the adherence of Escherichia coli to intestinal epithelial cells.

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