title: Adhesion of Corynebacterium pilosum by pili to epithelial cells of bovine vulva.
abstract: Piliated (P+) and nonpiliated (P-) clones of Corynebacterium pilosum were selected, and their adhesion to the epithelial cells of the bovine vulva and vaginal vestibule was examined. The number of P+ bacteria of C pilosum that adhered to vulval epithelial cells was greater than that of P- bacteria. The adhesion of P+ bacteria, but not P- bacteria, to the epithelial cells was inhibited by the antipilus antiserum; therefore, the adhesion of C pilosum to the epithelial cells of the vulva was primarily dependent on the pili. The number of C pilosum that adhered to the epithelial cells of the bovine vulva and of the vaginal vestibule increased by decreasing the pH.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yanagawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kida
mesh_terms: D000268:Adhesiveness; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D004847:Epithelial Cells; D004848:Epithelium / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D007106:Immune Sera / Q000494:pharmacology; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000166:cytology; D014621:Vagina / Q000166:cytology; D014844:Vulva / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D007106:Immune Sera