Methods Isolate characterization Isolates were originally obtained during the large waterborne outbreak of C. jejuni and E. coli O157:H7 in Walkerton, Ontario in 2000. Strain typing was done previously [22]. All four human clinical isolates were epidemiologically related as part of a large water-borne outbreak of Campylobacter in Ontario, Canada, in the year 2000 [22, 23]. The isolates were also very closely related by phenotypic and genotypic typing tests (Table 7). Other than PFGE restriction profile, which we have previously shown resulted from movement of the prophage in the chromosomes [3], the only Selleck OICR-9429 difference was that isolate 00–2544 was PT35 rather than PT33. Table 7 Characteristics

of clinical C. jejuni isolates selleck screening library used for adherence

and invasion assays (from Clark et al . [[22],[23]]) Isolate Bio type ST flaA SVR type fla-RFLP HS serotype HL serotype https://www.selleckchem.com/products/3-deazaneplanocin-a-dznep.html Phage type PFGE Sma I PFGE Kpn I 00-2425 II 21 36 1 O:2 125 33 2 2 00-2426 II 21 36 1 O:2 125 33 1 1 00-2538 II 21 36 1 O:2 125 33 11 1 00-2544 II 21 36 1 O:2 125 35 4 1 ST, sequence type according to the Oxford MLST scheme; flaA SVR, sequence of the flagellin short variable region DNA sequence according to the Oxford scheme; fla-RFLP, restriction fragment-length polymorphism of the amplified complete flaA locus; HS, heat-stable or Penner serotype; HL, heat-labile or Lior serotype. Isolates 00–2425, 00–2538, and 00–2544 all carried a prophage homologous to CMLP1 (CJIE1) of strain RM1221. Isolate 00–2426 lacked this prophage. The motility of each isolate was assessed by applying 10 μl of growth from Brucella broth adjusted to OD600 = 0.1 onto semi-solid agar (Oxoid Mueller-Hinton broth + 0.4% Select Agar). Zones of motility were measured after growth for 48 h at 37°C under microaerobic conditions. Growth curves Bacteria grown on Oxoid

Mueller Hinton Agar + 10% sheep erythrocytes were used to inoculate 50 ml BBLTM Brucella Broth Albimi (VWR Canada, Mississauga, ON, Canada). After overnight growth, each suspension was diluted to an OD600 of approximately 0.18 Glutamate dehydrogenase to 0.2 (approximately 2 × 108 cfu/ml). This suspension was diluted by 10-4 to a concentration of approximately 2 × 104 cfu/ml and 0.5 ml of the resulting suspension was inoculated into 50 ml Brucella Broth Albimi to give approximately 200–500 cfu/ml. Growth proceeded for four days at 37°C under microaerobic conditions (5% O2, 10% CO2, 85% N2). At intervals aliquots were taken, diluted appropriately, and plated in duplicate onto Mueller-Hinton agar plates for determining viable cell counts. All plates with 20 – 300 colonies were counted, so that between 2 and 4 values were available for calculating the mean plus standard deviation of the cell concentration. Inoculated plates were incubated in microaerobic conditions at 42°C for 36 – 48 h, or at 37°C for 3 days, and colonies were counted. Data were plotted in Sigma Plot 10.0.1 (Systat Software Inc, San Jose, CA).