title: Hemadsorption by colonies of Ureaplasma urealyticum.
abstract: Hemadsorption by colonies of Ureaplasma urealyticum and Mycoplasma pneumoniae differed quantitatively and qualitatively. Using standard methodology, few strains of U. urealyticum hemadsorbed; with a modified method, most strains hemadsorbed, indicating a second type of association. Scanning electron microscopy of tannin-osmium-stained preparations showed guinea pig erythrocytes embedded in ureaplasma colonies and craters left when erythrocytes were dislodged.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Robertson
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sherburne
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006382:Hemadsorption; D006383:Hemadsorption Inhibition Tests; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014509:Ureaplasma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure