... functional interactions of PilMNOWQ and PilA4 involved in transformation competency and pilus biogenesis in the thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus HB27 Judit Rumszauer, Cornelia Schwarzenlander and Beate ... represent-atives, such as Thermus thermophilus strain HB27, Thermus thermophilus HB8, Thermus flavus AT62, Thermus caldophilus, and Thermus aquaticus YT1, exhi-bit the extraordinary trait of high transformation ... implicated in retraction of the PilA4- comprising DNA translocator transporting the DNA through the periplasmic space. Binding of the DNA to the DNA-binding proteinComEA on the surface of the inner...