“…Although some P. brasiliensis molecules that may participate in adhesion to host tissues have been identified (e.g., malate synthase, enolase, thriose phosphate isomerase, an adaptinlike protein, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, among others), the exact role of these proteins remains uncharacterized due to a lack of gene-based evidence (3,4,8,10,26).…”