Colonization of chicks by motility mutants of Campylobacter jejuni demonstrates the importance of flagellin A expression.

doi:10.1099/00221287-139-6-1171

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Colonization of chicks by motility mutants of Campylobacter jejuni demonstrates the importance of flagellin A expression.

Journal of general microbiology - 1 Jun 1993

Wassenaar T M, van der Zeijst B A, Ayling R, Newell D G

Abstract excerpt

Campylobacter jejuni strain 81116 contains two flagellin genes, flaA and flaB. Wild-type (WT) bacteria express flaA only, but flaB can be expressed under certain conditions. We have determined the importance of flagella for colonization of the avian caecum, which appears to be the natural environ...

Topics

Animals
Campylobacter jejuni
Cecum
Cell Movement
Chickens
Flagellin
Gene Expression
Genes, Bacterial
Mutation

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