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Haemagglutinating properties of Haemophilus ducreyi
Author(s) -
Abeck D.,
Korting H. C.,
Wagner R.,
Ballard R. C.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1990.tb00133.x
Subject(s) - haemophilus ducreyi , library science , clinical microbiology , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , haemophilus influenzae , biology , computer science , pasteurellaceae , antibiotics
Twenty strains of Haemophilus ducreyi showed four different haemagglutination patterns with erythrocytes of different species. Nine isolates reacted only with human erthyrocytes. Haemagglutination activity was destroyed by trypsin or formaldehyde treatment of the bacterial cells but was unaffected by D‐mannose or by heating at 60d̀C or 100d̀C. Marked differences were demonstrated between the isolates in their hydrophobic surface properties and there was a correlation between high hydrophobicity and haemagglutination activity.