Colony morphology of piliated Neisseria meningitidis.
An association between piliation and colony morphology has not been observed for the meningococcus. We have found that growth of meningococci overnight at 30 degrees C in a candle extinction jar allows observation of distinct colonial phenotypes correlated to the presence or absence of piliation and the expression of opacity-associated proteins. These phenotypes are similar to those observed in gonococci grown overnight at 37 degrees C.
Blake
M S
MS
Laboratory of Bacteriology and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021.
MacDonald
C M
CM
Klugman
K P
KP
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003470:Culture Media; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D003470:Culture Media; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins