Attachment and Invasion of Neisseria meningitidis to Host Cells Is Related to Surface Hydrophobicity, Bacterial Cell Size and Capsule

Attachment and Invasion of Neisseria meningitidis to Host Cells Is Related to Surface Hydrophobicity, Bacterial Cell Size and Capsule

We compared exemplar strains from two hypervirulent clonal complexes, strain NMB-CDC from ST-8/11 cc and strain MC58 from ST-32/269 cc, in host cell attachment and invasion. Strain NMB-CDC attached to and invaded host cells at a significantly greater frequency than strain MC58. Type IV pili retained...

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Main Authors: Bartley, Stephanie N., Tzeng, Yih-Ling, Heel, Kathryn, Lee, Chiang W., Mowlaboccus, Shakeel, Seemann, Torsten, Lu, Wei, Lin, Ya-Hsun, Ryan, Catherine S., Peacock, Christopher, Stephens, David S., Davies, John K., Kahler, Charlene M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3566031/

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