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. 1989 Sep;57(9):2912–2913. doi: 10.1128/iai.57.9.2912-2913.1989

Fimbria-associated adhesin of Bacteroides loeschei that recognizes receptors on procaryotic and eucaryotic cells.

E I Weiss 1, J London 1, P E Kolenbrander 1, R N Andersen 1
PMCID: PMC313548  PMID: 2569449

Abstract

Inhibition studies with a set of adhesin-specific monoclonal antibodies and various sugars revealed that a fimbria-associated adhesin of Bacteroides loeschei recognizes receptors on both procaryotic and eucaryotic cells. These interactions permit this bacterium to attach to both types of cells, producing coaggregates in the presence of strains of Streptococcus sanguis and hemagglutination in the presence of neuraminidase-treated human erythrocytes.

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