Type 3 Fimbriae Encoded on Plasmids Are Expressed from a Unique Promoter without Affecting Host Motility, Facilitating an Exceptional Phenotype That Enhances Conjugal Plasmid Transfer

• Jonas Stenløkke Madsen,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Leise Riber,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Witold Kot,

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Alrun Basfeld,

  Affiliations Max Planck Research Group Chromosome Organization and Dynamics, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Mette Burmølle,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Lars Hestbjerg Hansen ,

  * E-mail: lhha@envs.au.dk

  Affiliations Department of Environmental Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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• Søren Johannes Sørensen

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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