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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2000, p. 860-863, Vol. 66, No. 2
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Effect of Flagella on Initial Attachment of Listeria monocytogenes to Stainless Steel

Savitri Vatanyoopaisarn, Aisha Nazli, Christine E. R. Dodd,* Catherine E. D. Rees, and Will M. Waites

Division of Food Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, United Kingdom

Received 2 August 1999/Accepted 4 November 1999

At 22°C a flagellin mutant of Listeria monocytogenes was found to attach to stainless steel at levels 10-fold lower than wild-type cells, even under conditions preventing active motility. At 37°C, when flagella are not produced, attachment of both strains was identical. Therefore, flagella per se facilitate the early stage of attachment.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Food Sciences Division, School of Biological Sciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE12 5RD, United Kingdom. Phone: (0115) 951 6163. Fax: (0115) 951 6162. E-mail: christine.dodd{at}nottingham.ac.uk.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2000, p. 860-863, Vol. 66, No. 2
0099-2240/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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