Abstract
Human intestinal in vitro organ culture was used to assess the tissue tropism of human isolates of Escherichia coli O103:H2 and O103:H- that express intimin F. Both strains showed tropism for follicle associated epithelium and limited adhesion to other regions of the small and large intestine. This is similar to the tissue tropism shown by intimin gamma enterohaemorrhagic (EHEC) O157:H7, but distinct from that of intimin a enteropathogenic (EPEC) O127:H6. (C) 2002 Federation of European Microbiological Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 311-316 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | FEMS Microbiology Letters |
Volume | 218 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 28 Jan 2003 |
Keywords
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Humans
- Intestines/cytology
- Intestines/metabolism
- Intestines/microbiology
- Intestines/ultrastructure
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Organ Culture Techniques
- Phylogeny
- Receptors, Cell Surface
- Tropism