TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface hydrophobicity of plasmid‐carrying virulent Shigella flexneri and their avirulent variants
AU - Seltmann, G.
AU - Tschäpe, H.
AU - Pál, T.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - Five pairs of strains of S. flexneri each differing in the colour of their colonies after growth on Congo red agar have been tested for their ability to cause keratoconjunctivitis in the guinea pig eye, for the presence of the 140 Md virulence plasmid, for the presence of the virulence marker antigen, and for their ability to adsorb to hydrophobic surfaces (cellulose nitrate filters and Phenyl Sepharose). The results suggest that the presence of the 140 Md virulence plasmid provides the bacterial surface with a rather high degree of hydrophobicity; exceptions have been found.
AB - Five pairs of strains of S. flexneri each differing in the colour of their colonies after growth on Congo red agar have been tested for their ability to cause keratoconjunctivitis in the guinea pig eye, for the presence of the 140 Md virulence plasmid, for the presence of the virulence marker antigen, and for their ability to adsorb to hydrophobic surfaces (cellulose nitrate filters and Phenyl Sepharose). The results suggest that the presence of the 140 Md virulence plasmid provides the bacterial surface with a rather high degree of hydrophobicity; exceptions have been found.
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U2 - 10.1002/jobm.3620260508
DO - 10.1002/jobm.3620260508
M3 - Article
C2 - 3537274
AN - SCOPUS:0023032607
SN - 0233-111X
VL - 26
SP - 283
EP - 287
JO - Journal of Basic Microbiology
JF - Journal of Basic Microbiology
IS - 5
ER -