Hussein HM, Fenwick SG, Lumsden JS. Adhesion of Yersinia enterocolitica to non-cultured epithelial cells from pig and rabbit ilea.
J Microbiol Methods 2006;
68:424-6. [PMID:
17010460 DOI:
10.1016/j.mimet.2006.08.009]
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Abstract
A simple and reliable method was developed to isolate intact epithelial cells from pig and rabbit ilea and these were used to investigate the adhesion of Yersinia enterocolitica. Hydrophobic interaction was eliminated by treating the bacterial culture with 0.8 M tetramethyl urea (TMU). Virulent strains of Y. enterocolitica had significantly greater attachment than avirulent strains but both attached in a linear dose-dependant fashion. Epithelial cells prepared from pig ilea were attached to more readily than those prepared from rabbit ilea.
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