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. 2014 Jul 6;12:24. doi: 10.1186/1477-3155-12-24

Table 3.

Carbohydrate-binding specificity of lectins employed for staining of S. aureus biofilms

Lectin (source) Abbreviation Conjugate Main specificity Reference
Concanavalin A (Canavalia ensiformis)
ConA
FITC, TRITC
α-Man, α-Glc
Goldstein and Hayes [42]
Wheat germ agglutinin (Triticum vulgaris) WGA FITC, TRITC (β-GlcNAc)2, NeuNAc