An association between piliation and colony morphology has not been observed for the meningococcus. We have found that growth of meningococci overnight at 30°C in a candle extinction jar allows observation of distinct colonial phenotypes correlated to the presence or absence of piliation and the expression of opacity-associated proteins. These phenotypes are similar to those observed in gonococci grown overnight at 37°C.
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Blake, M. S., MacDonald, C. M., & Klugman, K. P. (1989). Colony morphology of piliated Neisseria meningitidis. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 170(5), 1727–1736. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.170.5.1727
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