Production of Pili (Fimbriae) by Pseudomonas fluorescens and Correlation with Attachment to Corn Roots †
AUTOR(ES)
Vesper, Stephen J.
RESUMO
Pseudomonas fluorescens isolates 13525 and 2-79 were grown in Luria broth and low-nutrient medium (LNM). Pililike fibrils were very rarely produced in Luria broth but were abundantly produced in LNM. In LNM the pili were peritrichously distributed and had diameters ranging from 3 to 8 nm. Pili were purified from strain 2-79, and the pilin subunit was found to have a molecular weight of about 34,000. Strain 2-79 produced two colony types on Luria agar, nonmucoidal and mucoidal. Cells in LNM cultures of the nonmucoidal colony type were highly piliated, and cells from the mucoidal type were nearly devoid of pili. The presence of pili on nonmucoidal isolate 2-79 was quantitatively correlated with hydrophobic attachment to polystyrene, hemagglutination, and attachment to corn roots.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=203883Documentos Relacionados
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