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Molecular Biology of the Fimbriae of Dichelobacter (Previously Bacteroides) nodosus

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Genetics and Molecular Biology of Anaerobic Bacteria

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Dichelobacter nodosus is a gramnegative anaerobe and the essential causative agent of ovine footrot (Egerton, 1977). Virulent isolates of this organism contain large numbers of fine surface filaments termed fimbriae (or common pili) (Figure 39.1), which have a diameter of about 6 nm and may extend up to several micrometers (µm) in length (Stewart, 1973). In other bacteria such fimbriae have been shown to have adhesive properties (Paranchych and Frost, 1988; Moore and Rutter, 1989; see also following) and to represent a primary mechanism for colonization of animal cell surfaces. Although the exact function of D. nodosus fimbriae has not yet been clearly defined, they appear to play a central role in the invasion by the bacterium of the epidermal matrix of the hoof (see Mattick et al., 1985a).

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Mattick, J.S., Hobbs, M., Cox, P.T., Dalrymple, B.P. (1993). Molecular Biology of the Fimbriae of Dichelobacter (Previously Bacteroides) nodosus . In: Sebald, M. (eds) Genetics and Molecular Biology of Anaerobic Bacteria. Brock/Springer Series in Contemporary Bioscience. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7087-5_39

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