Title: Studies on agglutination and haemolysis of sheep erythrocytes by lactobacillus antiserum
Abstract: Sheep erythrocytes, modified by exposure to soluble antigens extracted from a strain of Lactobacillus acidophilus, agglutinate in the presence of antiserum prepared by injection of the untreated bacterial cells. The red blood cells haemolyse when complement is added to this system. The soluble antigen was extracted by use of N20 HCl on whole bacterial cells. Erythrocytes from seven kinds of animals were tested to determine that sheep red blood cells were the most suitable. The haemolytic test was more sensitive than either bacterial agglutination or sheep erythrocyte agglutination. Bacterial agglutination was more sensitive than sheep haemagglutination.
Publication Year: 1960
Publication Date: 1960-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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