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A new mannose‐resistant haemagglutinin in Klebsiella
Author(s) -
Old D.C.,
Adegbola R.A.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1983.tb02661.x
Subject(s) - fimbria , enterobacter aerogenes , klebsiella pneumoniae , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , klebsiella , sensu stricto , hemagglutinin (influenza) , escherichia coli , virology , genetics , gene , zoology , virus
Strains of Klebsiella of the species (or ‘patho‐bio‐sero‐geogroups’) Kl. atlantae, Kl. edwardsii and Kl. rhinoscleromatis produced neither haemagglutinins (HAs) nor fimbriae; strains of Kl. ozaenae were HA ‐ but some produced type‐6 fimbriae; and strains of Kl. pneumoniae ( sensu stricto ) and Kl. aerogenes that produced the mannose‐sensitive HA (MS‐HA) formed type‐1 fimbriae. Most strains of Kl. aerogenes produced, in addition, one or both of the mannose‐resistant HAs, MR/K‐HA or MR/P‐HA. The former, associated with type‐3 fimbriae, was produced by 95%, and the latter by 57%, of the Kl. aerogenes strains. Some of the properties of the MR/P‐HA, apparently a non‐fimbrial HA not previously recognised in Klebsiella , are described.