Hydrophobic interactions of group A streptococci with hexadecane droplets

The adherence of Streptococcus pyogenes cells to hexadecane droplets was measured by vortexing water suspensions of streptococci with hexadecane. It was found that adherence of the organisms to hexadecane droplets was abolished by pretreating the organisms with trypsin, pepsin at pH 4.5, or HCl solu...

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Main Authors: Itzhak Ofek, E Whitnack, E H Beachey
Format: Artigo
Language:English
Published: 1983
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.154.1.139-145.1983
https://jb.asm.org/content/jb/154/1/139.full.pdf
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