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Table 1 Bacterial strains used in these studies

From: Traversal of a Polarized Epithelium by Pathogenic Neisseriae: Facilitation by Type IV Pili and Maintenance of Epithelial Barrier Function

Strain

Reference

N. gonorrhoeae

 

MS11A P+, Opa−

31

MS11-306 △pilE1::Erm, △pilE2, Op−

This article

MS11A-14.1 P+, Opa−, opaH:: Cat

33

F62

33a.

N. meningitidis

 

249, 250 Blood and cerebrospinal fluid isolates from a single patient;

This article

encapsulated; serogroup C

 

8013.6 P+; highly adhesive to cultured epithelial and endothelial

14

cells; encapsulated; serogroup C

 

Others

 

N. perflava NRL-30015

 

N. sicca NRL-30016

Dr. Joan Knapp, CDC