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Phenotypic expression of a mannose-sensitive hemagglutinin by a Vibrio cholerae O1 E1Tor strain and evaluation of its role in intestinal adherence and colonization.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 May 1996
Mukhopadhyay S, Ghosh C, Ghose A C
Abstract excerpt
A Vibrio cholerae O1 strain (1150) of the EIT or biotype and Ogawa serotype with haemagglutination (HA) activity was subjected to TnphoA mutagenesis. Out of several mutants isolated, one HA- and another HA+ mutant were further characterised. The HA- mutant showed about 50% reduction in its intestinal adherence capacity in vitro and about 9-fold decrease of its colonisation ability in vivo, as compared to the...
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