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. 1981 Nov;34(2):422–427. doi: 10.1128/iai.34.2.422-427.1981

Attachment of killed Mycoplasma gallisepticum cells and membranes to erythrocytes.

M Banai, I Kahane, J Feldner, S Razin
PMCID: PMC350883  PMID: 6796518

Abstract

To correlate viability with attachment capacity, Mycoplasma gallisepticum cell harvested at different growth phases and treated by various agents were tested for their capacity to attach to human erythrocytes. The results show that viability per se is not essential for M. gallisepticum attachment to erythrocytes, as cells killed by ultraviolet irradiation anmd membranes isolated by lysing M. gallisepticum cells by various means retained attachment capacity. However, treatment of the mycoplasmas by protein-denaturing agents, such as heart, glutaraldehyde, or prolonged exposure to low pH, drastically affected or even abolished attachment, supporting the protein nature of the mycoplasma membrane components responsible for specific binding to the sialoglycoprotein receptors on the erythrocytes.

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