Mannose-resistant and eluting haemagglutinins and fimbriae in Escherichia coli
- 1 May 1981
- journal article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 14 (2) , 223-226
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-14-2-223
Abstract
Twenty-three strains of Escherichia coli with mannose-resistant and eluting (MRE) haemagglutinins with eight different patterns of substrate specificity were examined by a variety of electronmicroscope methods. In 12 strains, the presence of MRE haemagglutinins with broad-spectrum patterns 1, 3 and 4 was correlated with that of fimbriae. In 11 strains with MRE haemagglutinins with the less common patterns 6, 7 var., 8, 9 and 10, fimbriae were not found on bacteria in MRE+ cultures, indicating that the latter haemagglutinins are non-fimbrial.Keywords
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