Adhesion

FlgN plays important roles in the adhesion of Aeromonas hydrophila to host mucus

X. Jiang, Qin, Y. X., Lin, G. F., Huang, L., Huang, B., Huang, W. S., and Yan, Q. P., FlgN plays important roles in the adhesion of Aeromonas hydrophila to host mucus, vol. 14, pp. 6376-6386, 2015.

Adhesion to the host mucus is a crucial step in the early infection stage of pathogenic bacteria. To investigate the mechanisms of the adhesion of Aeromonas hydrophila to its host mucus, a mutant library was constructed using the mini-Tn10 transposon mutagenesis system. Of 276 individual colonies, the mutant strain with the most attenuated adhesion ability in this study was screened out and designated A77.

DNA sequencing of a pathogenicity-related plasmid of an avian septicemic Escherichia coli strain

E. G. Stehling, Campos, T. A., Azevedo, V., Brocchi, M., and Silveira, W. D., DNA sequencing of a pathogenicity-related plasmid of an avian septicemic Escherichia coli strain, vol. 6, pp. 331-337, 2007.

A 43-MDa conjugative plasmid isolated from an avian septicemic Escherichia coli (APEC) strain possessing genes related to the adhesion and invasion capacities of in vitro-cultured cells was sequenced. The results demonstrated that the 43-MDa plasmid harbors bacterial pathogenicity-related sequences which probably allow the wild-type pathogenic strain to adhere to and invade tissues and to cause septicemia in poultry.

Subscribe to Adhesion