31 The flagellotropic phage 7-7-1 specifically adsorbs to Agrobacterium sp. H13-3 (formerly 32 Rhizobium lupini H13-3) flagella for efficient host infection. The Agrobacterium sp. H13-3 33 flagellum is complex and consists of three flagellin proteins, the primary flagellin FlaA which is 34 essential for motility and the secondary flagellins FlaB and FlaD which have minor functions in 35 motilit...

A total of 814 isolates of the foodborne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni were characterized by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and analysis of the variation of two cell-surface components: the heat-stable (HS) serotyping antigen and the flagella protein FlaA short variable region. We identified 379 combinations of the MLST loci (sequence types) and 215 combinations of the cell-surface component...

The degU (lmo2515) gene encodes a putative response regulator in the food-borne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. It has 63% amino acid identity to the DegU response regulator of Bacillus subtilis. We have characterized the degU gene product in L. monocytogenes EGD by generation of a deletion mutant. The DeltadegU mutant was found to be non-motile in motility plate assay and no flagellin was det...

Listeria monocytogenes, characterized by a high mortality rate in humans, is bacterium that causes listeriosis and found various aquatic products. The aim of this research was to investigate the presence, serotype distribution, virulence factor genes, antibiotic susceptibility L. monocytogenes strains isolated from total 500 fish samples whiting (Merlangius merlangus euxinus) (n:243) striped re...