Colonial variation and fimbriation of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.

doi:10.1016/0378-1097(90)90405-f

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Colonial variation and fimbriation of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.

FEMS microbiology letters - 1 May 1990

Inouye T, Ohta H, Kokeguchi S, Fukui K, Kato K

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Three colonial variants of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, which formed transparent rough (TR)-, transparent smooth (TS)-, and opaque smooth (OS)-surfaced colonies, were described in relation to their fimbriation. TR- and TS-cells were adhesive to agar and glass surfaces but not the OS-cell...

Topics

Actinobacillus
Bacterial Proteins
Colony Count, Microbial
Fimbriae, Bacterial
Immunoblotting
Microscopy, Electron
Molecular Weight
Phenotype

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