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Abstract

The complex consists of several closely related bacterial species (or genomovars) which although generally not pathogenic for healthy individuals, contribute significantly to morbidity and mortality among persons with cystic fibrosis (CF). Certain complex strains are more frequently recovered from CF sputum cultures than are others, and these typically reside in genomovar III. The ET12 clone is a genomovar III strain that predominates among CF patients in Canada and the United Kingdom and is characterized by distinctive -encoded pili that have a cable-like morphology. In a previous survey of complex isolates recovered from 606 CF patients in the US, a single genomovar III ET12 isolate (isolate AU0007) was identified; several -containing genomovar I isolates, however, were also detected. In the study reported here, analysis by PFGE revealed several distinct strain types among these genomovar I isolates, and sequence analysis of their genes demonstrated 878–884% identity to the ET12 sequence. Southern analysis indicated that the variant from each genomovar I isolate resides on a 4 kbp RI fragment, in contrast to ET12 isolates, in which localizes to a 5 kbp RI fragment. Western blot assay indicated expression of the 16 kDa major pilin subunit by ET12 isolates, including AU0007, but neither whole-cell nor surface-protein extracts of the genomovar I reacted. Electron microscopy revealed the complete absence of pili expression by the genomovar I isolates. In contrast to typical ET12 isolates, AU0007 appeared to be hyperpiliated with rigid pili that lacked the cable morphology and did not bind cytokeratin 13, which has been previously identified as the epithelial cell receptor for the ET12 cable-pili-associated adhesin.

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