Adhesion of vibrios and aeromonads to isolated rabbit brush borders.
Isolated rabbit brush borders were used to investigate the adhesive properties of clinical and environmental isolates of non-O1 Vibrio cholerae and clinical isolates of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Aeromonas hydrophila. A minority of the isolates were found to adhere to brush borders. The adhesion of these isolates was affected by a number of factors, including the bacteria:brush border ratio, incubation time, culture medium and growth temperature. Adhesion was inhibited by L-fucose but was independent on calcium ion concentration.
D000268:Adhesiveness; D000333:Aeromonas / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000382:microbiology*; D003470:Culture Media; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000382:microbiology; D008871:Microvilli / Q000382:microbiology*; D011817:Rabbits; D014733:Vibrio / Q000502:physiology*; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000502:physiology
D003470:Culture Media