Criado M T, Sáinz V, del Río M C, Ferreirós C M, Criado J, Carballo J, Souto M J
Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Med Microbiol Immunol. 1989;178(1):53-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00202292.
Surface hydrophobicity and adherence to buccal epithelial cells were studied in 33 carrier and 34 invasive Neisseria meningitidis strains. It was found that hydrophobicity is statistically similar in both groups (P = 0.0507) although it could be considered that carrier strains are slightly more hydrophobic than invasive ones. Adherence was similar in both groups although more homogeneous in the carrier strains. No correlation could be demonstrated between these two properties nor can they be considered relevant as markers of the carrier or invasive status of this bacterium, indicating that at least in N. meningitidis they are not good properties to discriminate virulent strains.
对33株携带型和34株侵袭型脑膜炎奈瑟菌菌株的表面疏水性及对颊上皮细胞的黏附性进行了研究。结果发现，两组菌株的疏水性在统计学上相似（P = 0.0507），不过可以认为携带型菌株的疏水性略高于侵袭型菌株。两组的黏附性相似，不过携带型菌株的黏附性更均匀。这两种特性之间未显示出相关性，也不能将它们视为该细菌携带状态或侵袭状态的相关标志物，这表明至少对于脑膜炎奈瑟菌而言，它们并非区分毒力菌株的良好特性。
