Properties of hemagglutination by Prevotella melaninogenica

Anaerobe

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 285-289

  Haraldsson, Gunnsteinn ^a   Meurman, Jukka H ^b   Könönen, Eija ^c   Holbrook, W Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adherence; Erythrocytes; Fimbria; Hemagglutination; Prevotella melaninogenica

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSE; LACTOSE; PROTEIN; RAFFINOSE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGLUTINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NEGIBACTERIA; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA;

EID: 23744444851     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2005.02.004     Document Type: Article

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