Article
Temperature-dependent flagellar antigen phase variation in Escherichia coli.
Research in microbiology - 1 Sept 1999
Ratiner Y A
Abstract excerpt
A new kind of flagellar phase (H antigen) variation which is dependent on the temperature of growth is described for Escherichia coli strains, all but one of which belong to serogroup O148, isolated in different geographical regions. At 37 degrees C the strains simultaneously displayed two different H antigen specificities, H40 and H53, while in cultures grown at 30 degrees C only a single flagellar antigen, H53,...
Topics
- Agglutination
- Antigens, Bacterial
- Epitopes
- Escherichia coli
- Flagella
- Flagellin
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Genes, Bacterial
- Hot Temperature
- Phenotype
- Serotyping
- Transduction, Genetic
