Colonization of infant mice with flagellar variants of Campylobacter jejuni.

Article

Colonization of infant mice with flagellar variants of Campylobacter jejuni.

Acta microbiologica Hungarica - 1 Jan 1992

Diker K S, Hascelik G, Diker S

Abstract excerpt

The role of flagella in the colonization of the intestine by Campylobacter jejuni was investigated by challenging infant mice with two flagellated strains and their nonflagellated variants. The intestinal tracts of infant mice were regularly colonized with motile strains, but not by nonmotile var...

Topics

Animals
Animals, Newborn
Campylobacter Infections
Campylobacter jejuni
Flagella
Genetic Variation
Intestines
Mice
Phenotype
Species Specificity
Virulence

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