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Episome-carried Surface Antigen K88 of Escherichia coli III. Morphology

^a Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, Denmark

ABSTRACT

Two nonfimbriate strains of Escherichia coli and their K88⁺ counterparts, obtained by episomal transfer of this antigen, were studied with the electron microscope. Specimens were prepared with the spray drop method and were studied after shadow-casting. Under these conditions, the alteration in surface structure, due to the acquisition of K88 antigen, appeared as a fur of fine filaments, distinctly more flexible than fimbriae. Purified K88 antigen was also studied and found to have the same structure.

¹ Guest from Max Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg, Germany; supported by that institute.

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