Matsuyama T and Takino T (1980)
Scanning electronmicroscopic studies of Bordetella bronchiseptica on the rabbit tracheal mucosa J Med Microbiol 13:159-161
Abstract:
Rabbit tracheal mucous membrane cultivated on solid agar medium was infected with either Bordetella bronchiseptica or
Staphylococcus aureus. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that large numbers of B. bronchiseptica cells became
entangled with the cilia of the tracheal epithelial cells. In contrast, S. aureus cells showed no such intimate
interaction with the cilia.