Adhesion of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 and Shigella flexneri to guinea-pig colonic epithelial cells in vitro
- 1 June 1992
- journal article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 36 (6) , 403-405
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-36-6-403
Abstract
Summary Adhesion of bacteria to guinea-pig colonic epithelial cells in vitro was inhibited by fucose with all the four strains tested (two of Shigella dysenteriae type 1 and two of S. flexneri). N-acetyl neuraminic acid and N-acetyl mannosamine also caused inhibition, suggesting a multiplicity of receptors on the epithelial cell. Congo-red binding of the strains correlated with their adhesive ability, whereas haemagglutination of rabbit erythrocytes by the bacteria did not.Keywords
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