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. 1987 Aug;169(8):3826–3828. doi: 10.1128/jb.169.8.3826-3828.1987

Chlamydial hemagglutinin identified as lipopolysaccharide.

N G Watkins, H D Caldwell, T Hackstadt
PMCID: PMC212475  PMID: 3301820

Abstract

Chlamydial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) agglutinated mouse and rabbit erythrocytes but not human, guinea pig, or pronghorn antelope erythrocytes. Hemagglutination was not specific for Chlamydia spp., as rough LPSs from Coxiella burnetii and Escherichia coli also agglutinated erythrocytes from the same animal species. Nonagglutinated and agglutinated erythrocytes bound equivalent amounts of LPS, indicating that hemagglutination was not due to a specific interaction of chlamydial LPS with erythrocytes. Thus, hemagglutination by chlamydial LPS is not mediated by specific receptor-ligand interactions but is a property of the altered surface of the LPS-coated erythrocytes.

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