AGGLUTINATION OF STREPTOCOCCUS-SUIS BY SIALIC ACID-BINDING LECTINS

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作者
CHARLAND, N
KELLENS, JTC
CAYA, F
GOTTSCHALK, M
机构
[1] UNIV MONTREAL,FAC MED VET,RECH MALAD INFECT PORC GRP,ST HYACINTHE,PQ J2S 7C6,CANADA
[2] UNIV LIMBURG,DEPT MED MICROBIOL,6200 MD MAASTRICHT,NETHERLANDS
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10.1128/JCM.33.8.2220-2221.1995
中图分类号
Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The 35 Streptococcus suis capsular-type reference strains as well as 45 held strains of type 2 were tested with sialic acid-binding lectins from Sambucus nigra. (SNA I), Triticum vulgaris, Maackia amurensis, Homarus americanus, and Limax flavus. Only types 1, 1/2, 2, 14, 15, and 16 agglutinated with SNA I and/or the T. vulgaris lectin. All field strains agglutinated only with SNA I. Reaction with SNA I was probably due to the sialic acid moiety since it disappeared after sialidase treatment. These results confirm the presence of sialic acid in S. suis with the possible terminal sequence N-acetylneuraminic acid-alpha(2,6)GalNAc.
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