MORPHOLOGICAL APPEARANCES OF K88AB FIMBRIAE AND OPTICAL DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS OF K88 PARACRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES

BL SIMONS; O MOL; JFL VANBREEMEN; B OUDEGA

MORPHOLOGICAL APPEARANCES OF K88AB FIMBRIAE AND OPTICAL DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS OF K88 PARACRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES

BL SIMONS
, O MOL
, JFL VANBREEMEN
, B OUDEGA

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K88ab fimbriae are filamentous protein structures at the surface of certain enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strains. Electron microscopy analysis of K88ab fimbriae showed that these structures have different morphological appearances dependent on the medium in which cells expressing these fimbriae or in which purified fimbriae were suspended. Thin and curled structures, thin and flexible fimbriae, a wider and rigid form of the fimbriae, and, in addition, paracrystalline structures were detected. Optical diffraction analysis of the paracrystalline structures indicated a helical conformation of K88ab fimbriae.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	83-88
Number of pages	6
Journal	FEMS Microbiology Letters
Volume	118
Issue number	1-2
Publication status	Published - 1-May-1994

Keywords

K88 FIMBRIAE
ESCHERICHIA COLI
OPTICAL DIFFRACTION
MORPHOLOGY
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA-COLI
FIBRILLAE
K99

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