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Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, May 2001, p. 637-640, Vol. 8, No. 3
1071-412X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.8.3.637-640.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Prevalence of Known P-Fimbrial G Alleles in Escherichia coli and Identification of a New Adhesin Class

Shannon D. Manning, Lixin Zhang, Betsy Foxman, Angela Spindler,dagger Patricia Tallman, and Carl F. Marrs*

Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Received 2 October 2000/Returned for modification 28 December 2000/Accepted 14 February 2001

Screening a large Escherichia coli collection for P-fimbrial adhesin classes identified 20 unclassifiable strains. Cloning and sequencing of papG from an unclassifiable strain identified another G allele. The novel adhesin gene has 65% identity to the class I adhesin gene, 44% identity to the class II adhesin gene, and 43% identity to the class III adhesin gene.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Epidemiology, 109 Observatory St., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Phone: (734) 647-2407. Fax: (734) 764-3192. E-mail: cfmarrs{at}umich.edu.

dagger Present address: Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Mich.

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology, May 2001, p. 637-640, Vol. 8, No. 3
1071-412X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.8.3.637-640.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.




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