Pili of Neisseria meningitidis: effect of media on maintenance of piliation, characteristics of Pili, and colonial morphology.

In contrast to information in the literature which indicates that meningococci rapidly lose pili upon cultivation in vitro, we found that piliation of meningococci could be maintained in vitro for 15 or more passages. Pili were present on all eight isolates tested, whether from asymptomatic carriers...

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Published in:Infect Immun
Main Authors: McGee, Z A, Street, C H, Chappell, C L, Cousar, E S, Morris, F, Horn, R G
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 1979
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC414283/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/110692/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttps://doi.org/10.1128/iai.24.1.194-201.1979
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