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. 1992 Aug;60(8):3437–3441. doi: 10.1128/iai.60.8.3437-3441.1992

Identification of type 4 pili in Kingella denitrificans.

S Weir 1, C F Marrs 1
PMCID: PMC257333  PMID: 1353484

Abstract

Kingella denitrificans is an occasionally pathogenic member of the family Neisseriaceae and is a member of the normal respiratory flora. Electron microscopy, colony morphology types, DNA transformation patterns, and immunoblots suggest that K. denitrificans and K. kingae have type 4 pili. This was confirmed by N-terminal amino acid sequencing for K. denitrificans.

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