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Bordetella bronchiseptica expresses the fimbrial structural subunit gene fimA.

ABSTRACT: The differential host species specificities of Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis, and B. bronchiseptica might be explained by polymorphisms in adherence factor genes. We have found that B. parapertussis and B. bronchiseptica, unlike B. pertussis, contain a full-length gene for the fimbrial subunit FimA. B. bronchiseptica expresses fimA in a BvgAS-dependent fashion.

SUBMITTER: Boschwitz JS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC179756 | biostudies-other | 1997 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Bordetella bronchiseptica expresses the fimbrial structural subunit gene fimA.

Boschwitz J S JS van der Heide H G HG Mooi F R FR Relman D A DA

Journal of bacteriology 19971201 24

The differential host species specificities of Bordetella pertussis, B. parapertussis, and B. bronchiseptica might be explained by polymorphisms in adherence factor genes. We have found that B. parapertussis and B. bronchiseptica, unlike B. pertussis, contain a full-length gene for the fimbrial subunit FimA. B. bronchiseptica expresses fimA in a BvgAS-dependent fashion. ...[more]

PMID: 9401052

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