Urinary system infections (UTI) due to uropathogenic (UPEC) affect 150 million people annually1,2. in the gut5. Utilizing a mouse model, we discovered that F17-like and type 1 pili promote intestinal colonization and display specific binding to epithelial cells distributed along colonic crypts. Phylogenomic and structural analyses reveal that F17-like pili are carefully linked to pilus… Continue reading Urinary system infections (UTI) due to uropathogenic (UPEC) affect 150 million