Episome-carried Surface Antigen K88 of Escherichia coli III. Morphology
- 1 February 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 93 (2), 740-+
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.93.2.740-748.1967
Abstract
Two nonfirmbriate strains of Escherichia coli and the K88+ counterparts, obtained by episomal transfer of this antigen, were studied with the electron microscope. Specimens were prepared with the spray drop method and were studied after shadow-casting. Under these condition, the alteration in surface structure, due to the acquisition of K88 antigen, appeared as a fur of fine filaments, distinctly more flexible than fimbriae. Purified K88 antigen was also studied and found to have the same structure.This publication has 19 references indexed in Scilit:
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