Alteration of flagellar phenotype of Escherichia coli strain P12b, the standard type strain for flagellar antigen H17, possessing a new non-fliC flagellin gene flnA, and possible loss of original flagellar phenotype and genotype in the course of subculturing through semisolid media

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 267-278

  Ratiner, Yuliy A ^a,b,c   Sihvonen, Leila M ^b   Liu, Yanqun ^c,d   Wang, Lei ^c   Siitonen, Anja ^b  

^a MECHNIKOV RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR VACCINES AND SERA   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alteration of flagellar phenotype and genotype; Escherichia coli; Flagellar typing; Non fliC flagellin genes

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; FLAGELLIN A; FLIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77952091175     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-010-0556-x     Document Type: Article

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