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. 1988 Aug;56(8):1974–1980. doi: 10.1128/iai.56.8.1974-1980.1988

Genetic control and properties of coli surface antigens of colonization factor antigen IV (PCF8775) of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

M M McConnell 1, L V Thomas 1, G A Willshaw 1, H R Smith 1, B Rowe 1
PMCID: PMC259510  PMID: 2456269

Abstract

Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli producing coli surface antigen 4 (CS4), CS5, and CS6 of colonization factor antigen IV were examined. This factor was originally called putative colonization factor 8775 (PCF8775). All of the coli surface antigens were plasmid coded and were usually carried on the same plasmid as the genes coding for heat-stable toxin (ST) or heat-labile toxin (LT); thus, CS5-CS6-ST, CS6-ST, and CS6-LT plasmids were found. In strains of serotype O25:H42, the genes coding for CS4 and CS6 were on a plasmid separate from that containing the genes coding for ST and LT. CS4 and CS5 were fimbrial antigens with a subunit molecular mass of about 17.0 and 21.0 kilodaltons (kDa), respectively. CS6 was found as a single polypeptide with a molecular mass of about 14.5 kDa in strains of serotypes O25:H42, O27:H7, and O27:H20 when heated extracts were run on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. CS6-positive extracts of strains of serogroups O148, O159, and O167 showed two bands with molecular masses between 14.5 and 16.0 kDa.

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