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Journal of Bacteriology, September 2003, p. 5398-5407, Vol. 185, No. 18
0021-9193/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.18.5398-5407.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Extracellular Polysaccharides Associated with Thin Aggregative Fimbriae of Salmonella enterica Serovar Enteritidis

A. P. White,1,2 D. L. Gibson,1 S. K. Collinson,1 P. A. Banser,1 and W. W. Kay1*

Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6,1 Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 4N1, Canada2

Received 26 February 2003/ Accepted 25 June 2003

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O polysaccharide was identified as the principle factor impeding intercellular formation of intact thin aggregative fimbriae (Tafi) in Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis. The extracellular nucleation-precipitation assembly pathway for these organelles was investigated by quantifying fimbrial formation between {Delta}agfA (AgfA recipient) and {Delta}agfB (AgfA donor) cells harboring mutations in LPS (galE::Tn10) and/or cellulose ({Delta}bcsA) synthesis. Intercellular complementation could be detected between {Delta}agfA and {Delta}agfB strains only when both possessed the galE mutation. LPS O polysaccharide appears to be an impenetrable barrier to AgfA assembly between cells but not within individual cells. The presence of cellulose did not restrict Tafi formation between cells. Transmission electron microscopy of w+ S. enterica serovar Enteritidis 3b cells revealed diffuse Tafi networks without discernible fine structure. In the absence of cellulose, however, individual Tafi fibers were clearly visible, appeared to be occasionally branched, and showed the generally distinctive appearance described for Escherichia coli K-12 curli. A third extracellular matrix component closely associated with cellulose and Tafi was detected on Western blots by using immune serum raised to whole, purified Tafi aggregates. Cellulose was required to tightly link this material to cells. Antigenically similar material was also detected in S. enterica serovar Typhimurium and one diarrheagenic E. coli isolate. Preliminary analysis indicated that this material represented an anionic, extracellular polysaccharide that was distinct from colanic acid. Therefore, Tafi in their native state appear to exist as a complex with cellulose and at least one other component.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P6, Canada. Phone: (250) 721-7078. Fax: (250) 721-8855. E-mail: wkay{at}uvic.ca.

Journal of Bacteriology, September 2003, p. 5398-5407, Vol. 185, No. 18
0021-9193/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.18.5398-5407.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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