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Production of pili on Vibrio parahaemolyticus

1988; Canadian Science Publishing; Volume: 34; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1139/m88-224

1480-3275

Tomoyuki Honda, M Arita, Eduardo A. Ayala, T Miwatani,

Vibrio bacteria research studies

Electron microscopic examination showed that all strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus examined had pili on their surface when the organism was grown on marine agar at 28 °C for 6–12 h. The pili were morphologically stable on heat treatment at 60 °C for 10 min, but both the lateral and polar flagella possessed by this organism were labile. No immunological cross-reactivity between pili of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae non-01 and those of V. parahaemolyticus was observed.