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. 1985 May;49(5):1182-5.
doi: 10.1128/aem.49.5.1182-1185.1985.

Type 1 fimbria-mediated adhesion of enteric bacteria to grass roots

K Haahtela  1 , E Tarkka, T K Korhonen
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Type 1 fimbria-mediated adhesion of enteric bacteria to grass roots

K Haahtela et al. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1985 May.

Abstract

Type 1 fimbriae of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter agglomerans mediated bacterial adhesion to the roots of bluegrass, Poa pratensis. Purified, radiolabeled fimbriae bound to grass roots in vitro; binding was inhibited by alpha-methyl-d-mannoside or Fab fragments to the fimbriae. Anti-type 1 fimbriae Fab fragments and alpha-methyl-d-mannoside also inhibited adhesion of type 1-fimbriated bacteria to P. pratensis roots. It is proposed that associative nitrogen fixation by Klebsiella and Enterobacter strains also involves type 1 fimbriae, in addition to the type 3 fimbriae of Klebsiella spp. (T. K. Korhonen, E. Tarkka, H. Ranta, and K. Haahtela, J. Bacteriol. 155:860-865, 1983).

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