• DOI:10.1016/S0065-1281(82)80009-3
Corpus ID: 46068237

Agglutination of bacteria by a sialic acid-specific lectin of the snail Cepaea hortensis.

@article{Wagner1982AgglutinationOB,
  title={Agglutination of bacteria by a sialic acid-specific lectin of the snail Cepaea hortensis.},
  author={M. Wagner},
  journal={Acta histochemica},
  year={1982},
  volume={71 1},
  pages={
          35-9
        }
}

• M. Wagner
• Published 1982
• Biology, Medicine
• Acta histochemica

Aqueous extracts from lyophilized albumen glands of the garden snail (Cepaea hortensis) exhibit, after separation from a second lectin, a specificity against sialic acid-containing polymers. In agglutination studies with bacteria, the lectin interacts with all strains of group B streptococci (Streptococcus agalactiae) containing type-specific polysaccharides. In contrast, group B streptococci containing only protein type antigens as well as all strains of other Lancefield streptococcal groups… Expand

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