title: Enhancing adherence of Arcobacter butzleri after serial intraperitoneal passages in mice.
abstract: We investigated the possibility of enhancing the adherence capacity of four low-adherent Arcobacter butzleri strains after serial intraperitoneal passage (i.p.) in mice. All the strains enhanced their adherence capacity after the first passage, increasing their adhesion rates after each passage. These results suggest that i.p. passage enhances the expression of adherence in A. butzleri strains.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Microbiología Clínica, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile. hfernand@uach.cl
authors.forename: Heriberto
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fernández
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: P Villanueva
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.forename: Macarena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carrizo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020640:Arcobacter / Q000502:physiology*; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D051379:Mice; D010537:Peritoneum; D012692:Serial Passage