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Infection and Immunity, February 1999, p. 958-963, Vol. 67, No. 2
0019-9567/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Isolation and Characterization of Rugose Form of Vibrio cholerae O139 Strain MO10

Yoshimitsu Mizunoe,* Sun Nyunt Wai, Akemi Takade, and Shin-Ichi Yoshida

Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan

Received 31 August 1998/Returned for modification 9 October 1998/Accepted 17 November 1998

An extracellular exopolysaccharide (slime) is produced by Vibrio cholerae O139 MO10 in response to nutrient starvation. The presence of this slime layer on the cell surface and its subsequent release have been shown to be associated with biofilm formation and the change from a normal smooth colony morphology to a rugose one. An immunoelectron microscopic examination demonstrated that there is an epitope common to the exopolysaccharide antigen of V. cholerae O1 and that of O139 MO10.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. Phone: 81-92-642-6130. Fax: 81-92-642-6133. E-mail: ymizunoe{at}bact.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp.

Infection and Immunity, February 1999, p. 958-963, Vol. 67, No. 2
0019-9567/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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