Table 2.

Yeast agglutination test of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium LB5010 and stbC mutant strains.

	Agglutination of yeast cells mixed with different concentrations of bacterial cells with a 2-fold dilutiona
Strain	1×	2×	4×	8×	16×	32×
LB5010/agar	−	−	−	−	−	−
LB5010/broth	+++	+++	++	+	+	−
stbC mutant/agar	++	++	+	−	−	−
stbC mutant/broth	+++	+++	+++	++	++	+
stbC (pStbC)/agar	−	−	−	−	−	−
stbC (pStbC)/broth	+++	++	++	+	+	−
stbC (vector)/agar	++	++	+	−	−	−
stbC (vector)/broth	+++	+++	+++	++	++	+

^aStrong agglutination is indicated by (+++) and a negative result by (−).