coadhesion

coadhesion

English

Etymology

    From co- +‎ adhesion.

    Noun

    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 ].