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Role of Protein A in the Serum-Soft Agar Technique |
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| Authors: | Urban Forsum Arne Forsgren Eva Hjelm |
| Affiliation: | Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden |
| Abstract: | Formation of compact colonies of Staphylococcus aureus in serum-soft agar is mainly a result of a reaction between protein A and the Fc-part of immunoglobulin G and not a clumping factor-fibrinogen reaction. |
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