Lactobacillus Rhamnosus Pilus Polypeptides and Methods for Producing Them

摘要

The present invention relates to life sciences and to the fields of food, feed or pharmaceutical industry. In particular, the present invention relates to novel peptides, poultice structures, polynucleotides as well as vectors, host cells, products and pharmaceutical compositions comprising polynucleotides, peptides or filus structures. The present invention also relates to gene clusters and antibodies. In addition, the present invention relates to a method for producing a peptide or filus structure or producing a product comprising a peptide or filus structure. In addition, the present invention relates to methods for screening bacterial strains, for reducing or preventing the adherence of pathogenic bacteria that enhance the adhesion of bacterial cells to mucus, and for use in modulating the immune response in a subject Lt; / RTI The present invention also relates to a method for detecting probiotic bacterial strains or pathogenic strains.