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Precendents for the contribution made by adhesion to pathogenicity are abundant in the study of aerobic bacteria. Examples include Streptococcus pyogenes and Bordetella pertussis in the upper respiratory tract, Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae in the small intestine, Salmonella spp and Shigella spp in the large intestine, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in the urogenital tract (1,2). In contrast evidence for the role of adherence in anaerobic infections is largely circumstantial and, while limited studies have been performed in animal models (3) and on dental plaque (4), little is known of the mechanisms involved. The purpose of this work has been the establishment of an in vitro model for the study of adherence in obligate anaerobes.
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Barer, M.R. (1984). Adherence in Anaerobes: An In Vitro Model of Adhesion in Clostridium Difficile. In: Hill, M.J. (eds) Models of Anaerobic Infection. New Perspectives in Clinical Microbiology, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6054-1_18
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