This family is comprised of several flagellar sheath adhesin proteins also called neuraminyllactose-binding hemagglutinin precursor (NLBH) or N-acetylneuraminyllactose-binding fibrillar hemagglutinin receptor-binding subunits. NLBH is found exclusively in Helicobacter which are gut colonising bacteria and bind to sialic acid rich macromolecules present on the gastric epithelium.