coadhesion

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English

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Etymology

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From co- +‎ adhesion.

Noun

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coadhesion (uncountable)

  1. adhesion along with another material
    • 2015 October 6, “Mfa4, an Accessory Protein of Mfa1 Fimbriae, Modulates Fimbrial Biogenesis, Cell Auto-Aggregation, and Biofilm Formation in Porphyromonas gingivalis”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      It was also reported that Mfa1 fimbriae are essential for coadhesion and community formation with oral commensal bacteria such as Streptococcus gordonii [11 ] and for survival within human myeloid dendritic cells [15 ].