Functional Heterogeneity of Intestinal Escherichia coli Strains Expressing Type 1 Somatic Pili (Fimbriae): Assessment of Bacterial Adherence to Intestinal Membranes and Surface Hydrophobicity

摘要

Although the role of host-specific, nonmannose-sensitive pilus adhesions in the intestinal adherence of pathogenic Escheria coli is well established, a similiar role for mannose-sensitive type 1 or common pili is less clear, since these structures can be expressed by most E. coli, even nonpathogens.