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Chapter 5<br />

dry and rough (bdar) morphology occurs through congo red and coomassie<br />

blue binding to curli only (no cellulose binding protein). The pink dry and<br />

rough (pdar) morphotype is indicative <strong>of</strong> the coomassie blue binding to<br />

cellulose binding protein in the absence <strong>of</strong> curli. The finding binding <strong>of</strong> that<br />

coomassie blue only results in a pink colour may be a reflection <strong>of</strong> both<br />

congo red and coomassie blue contained in the one agar plate. The smooth<br />

and white (saw) morphotype is indicative <strong>of</strong> no binding <strong>of</strong> either the congo<br />

red or coomassie dyes [4]. Malcova and colleagues recently described the<br />

ability <strong>of</strong> Salmonella strains deficient <strong>of</strong> curli and cellulose to form a bi<strong>of</strong>ilm,<br />

due to over-production <strong>of</strong> a capsular polysaccharide resulting in a smooth,<br />

brown and mucoid colony morphotype (sbam) on CR agar [86].<br />

Table 5.1: Colony Morpholgy Using Congo Red Agar<br />

Morphology<br />

Colony<br />

Curli Cellulose Bi<strong>of</strong>ilm<br />

Reference<br />

Name<br />

Morphology<br />

Former<br />

rdar<br />

Red, dry and<br />

rough colony<br />

morphology<br />

+ + Dense<br />

bi<strong>of</strong>ilm<br />

former<br />

[77]<br />

bdar<br />

Brown, dry and<br />

rough colony<br />

morphology<br />

+ - Less dense<br />

bi<strong>of</strong>ilm<br />

former<br />

[77]<br />

pdar<br />

pink, dry and<br />

rough colony<br />

morphology<br />

- + Less dense<br />

bi<strong>of</strong>ilm<br />

former<br />

[77]<br />

sbam<br />

saw<br />

smooth, brown<br />

and mucoid<br />

morphology<br />

smooth and white<br />

morphology<br />

- - Less dense<br />

capsular polysaccharide<br />

bi<strong>of</strong>ilm<br />

former<br />

- - Unable to<br />

form a<br />

dense<br />

bi<strong>of</strong>ilm<br />

[86]<br />

[77]<br />

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