Morphological Distinction Between Different H Serotypes of Escherichia coli
Open Access
- 1 July 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology
- Vol. 101 (1) , 111-119
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-101-1-111
Abstract
Summary: The structure of the flagellar filaments of 50 Escherichia coli strains, each with a different H antigen, was examined. Although the flagella within each strain were structurally identical, there was variability in flagellar surface pattern between strains with different H antigens. Investigation of additional strains confirmed that flagella structure was the same in all strains having the same H antigen. In three pairs of strains with cross-reacting H antigens, the antigenic relatedness was associated with identical flagella structure.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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