Identification of type 4 pili in Kingella denitrificans.
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Kingella denitrificans is an occasionally pathogenic member of the family Neisseriaceae and is a member of the normal respiratory flora. Electron microscopy, colony morphology types, DNA transformation patterns, and immunoblots suggest that K. denitrificans and K. kingae have type 4 pili. This was confirmed by N-terminal amino acid sequencing for K. denitrificans.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Infection and immunity
دوره 60 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1992