Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Characterization of Flagella Produced by Clinical Strains of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Doroti de Oliveira-Garcia*†, Monique Dall'Agnol‡, Mónica Rosales‡, Ana C.G.S. Azzuz§, Marina B. Martinez†§, and Jorge A. Girón‡

Author affiliations: *Laboratório Clínico do Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, Brazil; †Departamento de Microbiologia do Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; ‡Benemerita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México; §Departamento de Análises Clínicas da Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil;

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Figure 6

Kinetics of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia adherence to plastic. (A) As early as 30 min, individual bacteria have attached to the plastic surface and formed small clumps (arrows). (B–D) As incubation time proceeds for 1 (B), 2 (C), and 4 (D) h, the number of attached bacteria increases throughout the abiotic surface. (E) At 6 h, the bacterial monolayers progress into three-dimensional microcolonies (arrows). (F) After 18 h, the microcolonies have formed true bacterial communities. No obvious differences were noted beyond this incubation period. Magnification 400x.

Figure 6. Kinetics of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia adherence to plastic. (A) As early as 30 min, individual bacteria have attached to the plastic surface and formed small clumps (arrows). (B–D) As incubation time proceeds for 1 (B), 2 (C), and 4 (D) h, the number of attached bacteria increases throughout the abiotic surface. (E) At 6 h, the bacterial monolayers progress into three-dimensional microcolonies (arrows). (F) After 18 h, the microcolonies have formed true bacterial communities. No obvious differences were noted beyond this incubation period. Magnification 400x.

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