The object of this review is the genus Proteus, which contains bacteria considered now to
belong to the opportunistic pathogens. Widely distributed in nature (in soil, water, and …

Since the turn of the century (96), it has been known that serum factors enhance the rate of
uptake of microorganisms by phagocytes. The serum factors were named opsonins (from …

The adherence of Clostridium thermocellum, a cellulolytic, thermophilic anaerobe, to its
insoluble substrate (cellulose) was studied. The adherence phenomenon was determined to …

Bacterial adherence to virus-infected respiratory tract cells may be one of the several
mechanisms whereby virus predisposes to bacterial pneumonia. To evaluate the effect of …

A large number of linear and branched oligosaccharides and several glycosides of d-
mannose were tested for their inhibitory activity on the agglutination of yeast cells or guinea …

Publisher Summary The accelerated interest in microbial cellulases stems from their
potential industrial application. This area is an excellent example in which basic and applied …

Multidrug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MDRTB) and antibiotic-resistant
Plasmodium falciparum are the major global lethal infections accounting for over 4 million …

Urinary tract infections (UTI) are among the most common bacterial infections in humans.
Symptomatic UTIs may be acute, recurrent or chronic but the most frequent form of UTI is …

The sugar specificity of Escherichia coli 346 and of the type-1 fimbriae isolated from this
organism has been studied by quantitative inhibition of the agglutination of mannan …

Publisher Summary Aggregation in microorganisms is an intermediary stage between single-
and multicelled organisms. In yeasts, cell division is limited to formation of short chains of …