Open AccessSCANNING ELECTRONMICROSCOPIC STUDIES OF BORDETELLA BRONCHISEPTICA ON THE RABBIT TRACHEAL MUCOSA
Author(s) -
Tohey Matsuyama,
T Takino
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/00222615-13-1-159
Subject(s) - bordetella bronchiseptica , cilium , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus aureus , biology , mucous membrane , bacteria , immunology , genetics
Rabbit tracheal mucous membrane cultivated on solid agar medium was infected with either Bordetella bronchiseptica or Staphylococcus aureus. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that large numbers of B. bronchiseptica cells became entangled with the cilia of the tracheal epithelial cells. In contrast, S. aureus cells showed no such intimate interaction with the cilia.