Yanagawa R, Otsuki K
J Bacteriol. 1970 Mar;101(3):1063-9. doi: 10.1128/jb.101.3.1063-1069.1970.
Some properties of the pili of the gram-positive bacteria Corynebacterium renale were described. A relationship was found between the morphological features of pili and the types of C. renale. Strains of types I and III usually possessed a small number of pili, whereas those of type II possessed numerous pili. Thick and long bundles of pili characteristic of C. renale were frequently observable in type II strains. Piliation of C. renale was stable under various cultural conditions. No ability to agglutinate red blood cells was demonstrated by piliated strains of C. renale. Pili were isolated from the cells of C. renale and studied serologically by immunodiffusion. The pili of a type II strain were serologically identical with the pili of another type II strain but not with those of the strains belonging to types I and III. The pili were serologically distinct from the cell wall. The pili were broken into short pieces by boiling, but their antigenicity was increased after boiling.
描述了革兰氏阳性菌肾棒状杆菌菌毛的一些特性。发现菌毛的形态特征与肾棒状杆菌的类型之间存在关联。I型和III型菌株通常有少量菌毛，而II型菌株有大量菌毛。在II型菌株中经常可以观察到肾棒状杆菌特有的粗大且长的菌毛束。肾棒状杆菌的菌毛形成在各种培养条件下都是稳定的。肾棒状杆菌的菌毛菌株未表现出凝集红细胞的能力。从肾棒状杆菌细胞中分离出菌毛，并通过免疫扩散进行血清学研究。II型菌株的菌毛与另一II型菌株的菌毛血清学相同，但与I型和III型菌株的菌毛不同。菌毛在血清学上与细胞壁不同。菌毛经煮沸后会断裂成短片，但煮沸后其抗原性会增强。
