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Aggregation‐promoting factor in pig intestinal Lactobacillus strains
Author(s) -
Kmet V.,
Callegari M.L.,
Bottazzi V.,
Morelli L.
Publication year - 1995
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.1995.tb01079.x
Subject(s) - microbiology and biotechnology , lactobacillus , biology , bacteria , lactobacillaceae , genetics
V. KMET, M.L. CALLEGARI, V. BOTTAZZI AND L. MORELLI. 1995. Autoaggregation was frequently encountered among intestinal lactobacilli isolated from weaned pigs. The aggregation mechanism was shown to be mediated by the production of a proteinaceous aggregation‐promoting factor in two strains of Lactobacillus reuteri . A 32 kDa aggregation‐promoting protein was detected in these strains by cross‐reaction with rabbit polyclonal antibodies for Aggregation‐Promoting Factor produced by the human isolate Lact. plantarum 4B2. Coaggregation reactions of Lact. reuteri strains with pathogenic and non‐pathogenic Escherichia, coli were detected.