title: [Surface characteristics of Streptococci: evaluation technics].
abstract: We examined the surface characteristics of 41 strains of Streptococci by using the salt aggregation technique (SAT). While group B, C, D and G Streptococci showed a clearly hydrophilic surface, 57.5% of group A strains revealed so hydrophobic characters as to be autoaggregating. Either the hydrophobicity or the autoaggregation of these Streptococci decreased after subsequent culture passages. A comparison has been done for 5 strains by the hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) demonstrating a good correlation between the two techniques. As the only presence of M protein did not seem to condition the surface characteristics, however treatments with different proteolytic enzymes modify greatly the bacterial surface suggesting the involvement of various protein structures.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Microbiologia, Università di Torino.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Savoia
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Venesio
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Martinotti
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D006801:Humans; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000502:physiology*; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000502:physiology; D013499:Surface Properties
vernacular_title: Caratteristiche di superficie degli Streptococchi: tecniche di valutazione.