Prevalence of known P-fimbrial G alleles in Escherichia coli and identification of a new adhesin class.
Screening a large Escherichia coli collection for P-fimbrial adhesin classes identified 20 unclassifiable strains. Cloning and sequencing of papG from an unclassifiable strain identified another G allele. The novel adhesin gene has 65% identity to the class I adhesin gene, 44% identity to the class II adhesin gene, and 43% identity to the class III adhesin gene.
Manning
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Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
Zhang
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Foxman
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Spindler
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Tallman
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Marrs
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D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010861:Fimbriae, Bacterial / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016415:Sequence Alignment
D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial