Adhesive factor/rabbit 2, a new fimbrial adhesin and a virulence factor from Escherichia coli O103, a serogroup enteropathogenic for rabbits

• Published in: Infection and Immunity Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 847 - 851
• Main Authors: Fiederling, F. (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Toulouse, France.), Boury, M, Petit, C, Milon, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Society for Microbiology 01.02.1997
• Subjects: Adhesins, Escherichia coli - chemistry; Adhesins, Escherichia coli - genetics; Adhesins, Escherichia coli - isolation & purification; Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Bacterial Adhesion; Bacteriology; Base Sequence; Biological and medical sciences; COMPOSICION QUIMICA; COMPOSITION CHIMIQUE; Diarrhea - etiology; Diarrhea - microbiology; ESCHERICHIA COLI; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; HeLa Cells; Humans; Microbiology; Molecular Sequence Data; Pathogenicity, virulence, toxins, bacteriocins, pyrogens, host-bacteria relations, miscellaneous strains; Rabbits; SECUENCIA NUCLEOTIDICA; SEQUENCE NUCLEOTIDIQUE; Virulence; Pathogenicity; Operon; Escherichia coli; Virulence; Sequence alignment; Bacteria; Host agent relation; Adhesin; Veterinary; Molecular cloning; Enterobacteriaceae; Structural analysis

Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli-like E. coli strains belonging to serovar O103:K-:H2 and rhamnose-negative biotypes are highly pathogenic diarrhea-inducing strains for weaned European rabbits. We describe here the cloning and sequencing of the major subunit gene of a new fimbrial adhesin, adhesive...