Purification and characterization of pili of a Vibrio cholerae non-O1 strain

T Yamashiro; N Nakasone; M Iwanaga

doi:10.1128/iai.61.12.5398-5400.1993

Purification and characterization of pili of a Vibrio cholerae non-O1 strain

Infect Immun. 1993 Dec;61(12):5398-400. doi: 10.1128/iai.61.12.5398-5400.1993.

Authors

T Yamashiro¹, N Nakasone, M Iwanaga

Affiliation

¹ Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan.

Abstract

Pili of the Vibrio cholerae non-O1 strain V10 were purified and characterized. The V10 pili were physicochemically and immunologically different from those of the previously reported V. cholerae non-O1 strain S7, although the pili of the two strains had homologous N-terminal amino acid sequences. V10 plus antigen was detected only in V. cholerae non-O1 strains.

MeSH terms

Amino Acid Sequence
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / isolation & purification
Fimbriae Proteins
Fimbriae, Bacterial / chemistry*
Fimbriae, Bacterial / ultrastructure
Microscopy, Electron
Molecular Sequence Data
O Antigens
Polysaccharides, Bacterial
Species Specificity
Vibrio cholerae / chemistry*
Vibrio cholerae / genetics
Vibrio cholerae / ultrastructure
Water Microbiology

Substances

Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
O Antigens
Polysaccharides, Bacterial
Fimbriae Proteins