The sensitivity of Hafnia alvei strains to the bactericidal effect of serum.
Most Hafnia alvei strains are sensitive to the bactericidal action of normal bovine serum (NBS) as well as to a serum in which the alternative pathway of complement activation has been thermally blocked. Introduction of polysaccharides (PS) to NBS lowers the bactericidal effect. In a serum in which the alternative pathway of complement activation is blocked, PS completely cancels the bacterial effect.
Jankowski
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Department of Microbiology, Academy of Medicine, Wrocław, Poland.
Rowiński
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Cisowska
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Gamian
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D000818:Animals; D001770:Blood Bactericidal Activity; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000097:blood
D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial