title: Physico-chemical surface properties of Shigella sonnei.
abstract: In partition in two-phase systems as well as in hydrophobic and ion exchange chromatography a number of Sh. sonnei isolates with different phage patterns showed similar physico-chemical surface properties. All the isolates displayed hydrophobicity and a small negative charge. In this way the shigellae were different from salmonella S-strains and E. coli strains associated with infantile diarrhoea which have shown hydrophilic properties and nearly no charge. They were also different from E. coli strains with typical K-antigen often grown from patients with septicemia and upper urinary tract infection, which have shown hydrophilic properties and a great negative charge. However, the Sh. sonnei isolates were similar to E. coli strains belonging to certain serogroups which have been grown from patients with dysentery-like diseases. The results indicate that physico-chemical surface properties are related among enterobacteria belonging to different genera which have been grown from similar types of infections.
mesh_terms: D000268:Adhesiveness; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002627:Chemistry, Physical; D002845:Chromatography; D003911:Dextrans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000502:physiology; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000502:physiology*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D003911:Dextrans; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols