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Background  Serotyping of O-(lipopolysaccharide) and H-(flagellar) antigens is a wideley used method for identification of pathogenic strains and clones of  Escherichia coli . At present, 176 O- and 53 H-antigens are described for  E. coli  which occur in different combinations in the strains. The flagellar antigen H4 is widely present in  E. coli  strains of different O-serotypes and pathotypes and we have investigated the genetic relationship between H4 encoding  fliC  genes by PCR, nucleotide sequencing and expression studies.    Results  The complete nucleotide sequence of  fliC  genes present in  E. coli  reference strains U9-41 (O2:K1:H4) and P12b (O15:H17) was determined and both were found 99.3% (1043 of 1050 nucleotides) identical in their coding sequence. A PCR/RFLP protocol was developed for typing of  fliC -H4 strains and 88  E. coli  strains reacting with H4 antiserum were investigated. Nucleotide sequencing of complete  fliC  genes of six  E. coli  strains which were selected based on serum agglutination titers,  fliC -PCR genotyping and reference data revealed 96.6 to 100% identity on the amino acid level. The functional expression of flagellin encoded by  fliC -H4 from strain U9-41 and from our strain P12b which is an H4 expressing variant type was investigated in the  E. coli  K-12 strain JM109 which encodes flagellar type H48. The  fliC  recombinant plasmid carrying JM109 strains reacted with both H4 and H48 specific antisera whereas JM109 reacted only with the H48 antiserum. By immunoelectron microscopy, we could show that the flagella made by the  fliC -H4 recombinant plasmid carrying strain are constituted of H48 and H4 flagellins which are co-assembled into functional flagella.    Conclusion  The flagellar serotype H4 is encoded by closely related  fliC  genes present in serologically different types of  E. coli  strainswhich were isolated at different time periods and geographical locations. Our expression studies show for the first time, that flagellins of different molecular weigth are functionally expressed and coassembled in the same flagellar filament in  E. coli .

bmc microbiology

Genetical and functional investigation of fliC genes encoding flagellar serotype H4 in wildtype strains of Escherichia coli and in a laboratory E. coli K-12 strain expressing flagellar antigen type H48.