The Targeted Deletion of Genes Responsible for Expression of the Mth60 Fimbriae Leads to Loss of Cell-Cell Connections in Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus ΔH.

This study is a continuation by the Environmental Biotechnology Group of the University of Tübingen in memoriam to Reinhard Wirth, who initiated the work on Mth60 fimbriae at the University of Regensburg. Growth in biofilms or biofilm-like structures is the prevailing lifestyle for most microbes in nature. The first crucial step to initiate biofilms is the adherence of microbes to biotic and abiotic surfaces.