Induction of flagellation and a novel agar-penetrating flagellar structure in Salmonella enterica grown on solid media: possible consequences for serological identification

Salmonella enterica grown on solid medium containing iron, thiosulfate and 100 mM hexoses and amino acids underwent cell surface differentiation involving increased flagellation (electrophoretic isotypes 60, 54 and 50 kDa), conversion from rough to smooth lipopolysaccharide, and assembly of a matrix...

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Published inFEMS microbiology letters Vol. 149; no. 2; pp. 173 - 180
Main Author Guard-Petter, Jean
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 15.04.1997
Subjects
Cell surface
Chicken
Egg
Flagella
Salmonella
Salmonella
Chicken
Egg
Flagella
Cell surface
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Summary:Salmonella enterica grown on solid medium containing iron, thiosulfate and 100 mM hexoses and amino acids underwent cell surface differentiation involving increased flagellation (electrophoretic isotypes 60, 54 and 50 kDa), conversion from rough to smooth lipopolysaccharide, and assembly of a matrix that penetrated 1.4% agar. Flagellation was also induced in the avian pathogen S. enterica var Pullorum, which is diagnostically defined as aflagellate. Induction correlated closely with a simple colonial color change when Hektoen Enteric agar was used as the basal growth medium. Group D1 egg-contaminating Salmonella grown under inducing conditions deviated from their expected H-antigen immunoreactivity, suggesting possible consequences for the interpretation of the Kauffman-White identification scheme.
ISSN:0378-1097
1574-6968
DOI:10.1016/S0378-1097(97)00071-2