title: Production of pili on Vibrio parahaemolyticus.
abstract: Electron microscopic examination showed that all strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus examined had pili on their surface when the organism was grown on marine agar at 28 degrees C for 6-12 h. The pili were morphologically stable on heat treatment at 60 degrees C for 10 min, but both the lateral and polar flagella possessed by this organism were labile. No immunological cross-reactivity between pili of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae non-01 and those of V. parahaemolyticus was observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology and Serology, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arita
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miwatani
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000276:immunology / Q000648:ultrastructure*