title: The sensitivity of Hafnia alvei strains to the bactericidal effect of serum.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Academy of Medicine, Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jankowski
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rowiński
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cisowska
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gamian
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial