Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1991
Department
Microbiology
Abstract
Escherichia coli F-18, isolated from the feces of a healthy human, makes type 1 fimbriae and is an excellent colonizer of the streptomycin-treated mouse large intestine. Recently, it was shown that the inability to produce type 1 fimbriae had no effect on the ability of E. coli F-18 to colonize the streptomycin-treated mouse large intestine, suggesting the possibility that E. coli F-18 does not express type 1 fimbriae in vivo. However, we show here that E. coli F-18 does express type 1 fimbriae in mouse cecal mucus in vivo and, in fact, appears to express substantially more type 1 fimbriae in cecal mucus in vivo than in L broth in vitro.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Krogfelt, K. A., McCormick, B. A., Burghoff, R. L., Laux, D. C., & Cohen, P. S. (1991). Expression of Escherichia coli F-18 Type 1 Fimbriae in the Streptomycin-Treated Mouse Large Intestin. Infec. Immun., 59(4), 1567-1568. Retrieved from https://iai.asm.org/content/59/4/1567.
Available at: https://iai.asm.org/content/59/4/1567
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