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. 1994 Aug;176(16):5151–5155. doi: 10.1128/jb.176.16.5151-5155.1994

Nucleotide sequence of the Wolinella succinogenes flagellin, which contains in the antigenic domain two conserved regions also present in Campylobacter spp. and Helicobacter pylori.

S C Schuster 1, M Bauer 1, J Kellermann 1, F Lottspeich 1, E Baeuerlein 1
PMCID: PMC196359  PMID: 8051032

Abstract

Wolinella succinogenes possesses one polar flagellum, which shows a characteristic surface pattern of parallel lines along the axis of the filament in electron microscopic images. We determined the gene sequence of the Wolinella flagellin, which is, as in most other bacteria, the only structural component of the filament. Sequence comparison with other members of the Proteobacteria revealed two highly conserved regions in the central part of the flagellin molecule among Campylobacter spp. and Helicobacter pylori, an area that had previously been described as highly variable. Similar surface patterns are found in related polarly flagellated bacteria, but not in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, which also lack these conserved regions.

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