Article
Analysis of the variability of S-fimbriae expression in an Escherichia coli pathogen.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Apr 1991
Ott M, Hacker J
Abstract excerpt
The uropathogenic Escherichia coli wild-type strain 536 produces S-fimbriae, P-related fimbriae and type I fimbriae. Using immuno-colony dot and ELISA techniques, variants were detected showing an increased degree of S-fimbrial production. It was demonstrated by immunofluorescence microscopy that in normal (wild-type) and hyper-S-fimbriated E. coli populations non-fimbriated cells also exist, and that the...
Topics
- Adhesins, Escherichia coli
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Bacterial Proteins
- Blotting, Southern
- DNA Probes
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Escherichia coli
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Gene Expression
- Genes, Bacterial
- Genetic Variation