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. 1969 Feb;97(2):640–646. doi: 10.1128/jb.97.2.640-646.1969

Evidence for Two States of F Pili

Louis Wendt 1, Helen Wedel Mobach 2
PMCID: PMC249739  PMID: 4886288

Abstract

The addition of phenethyl alcohol (PEA) to cultures of male strains of Escherichia coli rapidly prevents the adsorption of the male-specific bacteriophages f1 and f2 to the donor cells. The adsorption of f2 to F pili in cell-free preparations is unaffected by PEA. In a mating system, PEA alters the kinetics of gene transfer in minimal medium but not in broth. Sodium cyanide, azide, and iodoacetate also apparently inhibit f2 adsorption to cells but not to detached F pili. The phage adsorption inhibitory action of PEA is completely reversible in the presence of 100 μg of chloramphenicol per ml.

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