Recent years have seen much research on the periodontally‐involved root surface. Many of
these studies have produced results which suggest that plaque contaminants of the root …

The mechanisms of killing of Klebsiella pneumoniae serum-sensitive strains in nonimmune
serum by the complement classical pathway have been studied. The bacterial cell surface …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the limulus test for detecting bacterial
endotoxins. The chapter also mentions the specific assay for bacterial endotoxins by using a …

Porins are a family of hydrophobic proteins located in the outer membrane of the cell wall in
Gram‐negative bacteria. The effect of porins on the biosynthesis of platelet‐activating factor …

The sensitizing effect and the local and general toxicity related to membrane components of
the archaeobacterium Sulfolobus solfataricus was studied. Cell envelope fragments were …