title: Adherence pili of avian strains of Escherichia coli O78.
abstract: Avian colisepticemia starts with the invasion of the trachea by virulent strains of Escherichia coli, with strains of serotype O78 responsible for about 50% of the cases. Several O78 strains isolated from poultry with colisepticemia produced pili with a subunit of molecular weight of 18,000 that mediated adherence to avian epithelial tissues in vitro and in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Tel-Aviv University, Teva, Atarot, Israel.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yerushalmi
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Smorodinsky
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Naveh
authors.forename: E Z
authors.initials: EZ
authors.lastname: Ron
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D014132:Trachea / Q000382:microbiology