EPISOME-CARRIED SURFACE ANTIGEN K88 OF ESCHERICHIA COLI .3. MORPHOLOGY

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STIRM, S
ORSKOV, F
ORSKOV, I
BIRCHAND.A
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10.1128/JB.93.2.740-748.1967
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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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.
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