Article
Localized adherence by enteropathogenic Escherichia coli is an inducible phenotype associated with the expression of new outer membrane proteins.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 1 Nov 1991
Vuopio-Varkila J, Schoolnik G K
Abstract excerpt
Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli grow as discrete colonies on the mucous membranes of the small intestine. A similar pattern can be demonstrated in vitro; termed localized adherence (LA), it is characterized by the presence of circumscribed clusters of bacteria attached to the surfaces of cultured epithelial cells. The LA phenotype was studied using B171, an O111:NM enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) strain, and...
Topics
- Bacterial Adhesion
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Escherichia coli
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Nalidixic Acid
- Phenotype
- Plasmids
- Rifampin
- Virulence
