Demonstration by confocal laserscanning microscopy of invasive potential with Bacteroides fragilis

Microbiologica. 1991 Jan;14(1):71-5.

Abstract

The confocal laserscanning microscopy (CLSM) system provides a stereoscopic view of an object. By this system the penetration of B. fragilis into HeLa cells was observed. The intensity of contact is highlighted with time. The CLSM system consolidates the recently described fluorescence technique to test invasive potential. This work purports that certain gram-negative anaerobes should be considered for invasiveness.

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Adhesion
  • Bacteroides fragilis / pathogenicity*
  • Bacteroides fragilis / physiology
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Microscopy
  • Virulence