title: Aggregation-promoting factor in pig intestinal Lactobacillus strains.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Animal Physiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kmet
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Callegari
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bottazzi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000737:chemistry*; D008970:Molecular Weight; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins