“Each fimbria bears a protein tip that can bind to sugar molecules on the surfaces of cells.”

“When a follicle is mature, the egg within it bursts out of the ovary, and the fallopian tube's fingerlike fimbria reach out and grab it.”

“More often a procedure to maintain eversion of these pseudo fimbria has to be carried out.”

“But if the fimbriae grip too loosely, the bacteria will detach from the surface of a cell at the slightest joggle.”

“And until recently investigators could not analyze how such an effect might be operating at the scale of individual fimbriae.”

“The long fimbriae of the foliage leaf sheaths also help to distinguish this species from others in southeastern Brazil.”