ZHURNAL FIZICHESKOI KHIMII / Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry A.
MEZHDUNARODNAYA KNIGA / Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение "Российская академия наук".
Vol. 73.
1999.
P. 844-852
FimH adhesins M1L and M1H are differently adapted to colonization of primary normal and secondary pathological niches of human E. coli. The M-L phenotype is typical and optimal for intestinal E. coli, while M-H phenotype predominates among pathogenic strains and is undesirable for the eubiotic intestinal E. coli strain M17.