Article
SEF17 fimbriae are essential for the convoluted colonial morphology of Salmonella enteritidis.
FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Aug 1997
Allen-Vercoe E, Dibb-Fuller M, Thorns C J, Woodward M J
Abstract excerpt
Salmonella enteritidis isolated from poultry infections generated a convoluted colonial morphology after 48 h growth on colonisation factor antigen (CFA) agar at 25 degrees C. A mutant S. enteritidis defective for the elaboration of the SEF17 fimbrial antigen, in which the agf gene cluster was in...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Proteins
- Chickens
- Congo Red
- Culture Media
- Fimbriae Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Mutagenesis, Insertional
- Phenotype
- Salmonella enteritidis
