Adhesion of enteropathogenic bacteria to cells in tissue culture.
Adhesion to the intestinal mucosa is the primary determinant of virulence among bacteria causing intestinal disease. Most current test systems involve the use of animal or foetal tissue. This paper illustrates the ability of enteropathogenic bacteria to adhere to mammalian cells. The test described enables considerable differences in adherence to be demonstrated between bacterial strains.
D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000382:microbiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*; D000882:Haplorhini; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology*