title: [Properties of adhesin and antiadhesin from Pseudomonas fluorescence].
abstract: Some properties of the adhesion-modifying factors of Pseudomonas fluorescens are described. Adhesin, which promotes the adhesion of P. fluorescens cells, is a hydrophobic compound of a protein nature with a molecular mass of more than 10 kDa located either at the cell surface or in the medium. Anti-adhesion, which suppresses the adhesion of P. fluorescens cells, is a thermolabile hydrophobic compound of a nonprotein nature with a molecular mass of less than 3 kDa. Heating makes anti-adhesin hydrophilic. The role of adhesion and anti-adhesion in the adhesion and adaptation of P. fluorescens cells is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: Iu A
authors.initials: IuA
authors.lastname: Nikolaev
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Prosser
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D011551:Pseudomonas fluorescens
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial