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. 1995 Aug;33(8):2220–2221. doi: 10.1128/jcm.33.8.2220-2221.1995

Agglutination of Streptococcus suis by sialic acid-binding lectins.

N Charland 1, J T Kellens 1, F Caya 1, M Gottschalk 1
PMCID: PMC228373  PMID: 7559986

Abstract

The 35 Streptococcus suis capsular-type reference strains as well as 45 field 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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