Abstract
The genetic determinant for production of the adhesive antigen F41 was isolated from a porcine enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain by cosmid cloning. The cloned DNA included sequences homologous to those of hybridization probes prepared from the K88 adhesive antigen operon. Transposon insertions which inactivated F41 production mapped to the same region of DNA showing homology with the K88 genes, demonstrating the genetic relatedness of F41 and K88. Hybridization of a K88 gene probe to plasmid and total DNA from the porcine E. coli isolate from which the F41 gene was cloned indicated that F41 is chromosomally encoded by this strain. This observation was extended to other F41-producing animal isolates. A large number of animal E. coli isolates were examined with K88, F41, and K99 gene probes and for mannose-resistant hemagglutination of human group O erythrocytes and K88 and F41 antigen production. All K88 and F41 antigen producers possessed genetic homology with the K88 and F41 gene probes. Most, but not all, F41-producing strains possessed homology to the K99 gene probe, reflecting the previously observed association of F41 and K99 antigen production. In the strains examined, homology with the K99 gene probe was plasmid associated, whereas homology with the F41 gene probe was chromosomal. The K88 antigen-producing strains showed no homology with the K99 probe. A number of strains possessed homology with the K88 and F41 gene probes and were mannose-resistant hemagglutination positive, but did not produce K88 or F41 antigens. This suggests that there are adhesins among animal isolates of E. coli which are genetically related to but antigenically distinct from K88 and F41.
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