Criado M T, Ferreiros C M, Sainz V
Med Microbiol Immunol. 1986;175(1):27-34. doi: 10.1007/BF02123126.
The study of surface hydrophobicity and adherence to human buccal epithelial cells of four Neisseria meningitidis strains and the correlation analysis of the data obtained for both parameters has demonstrated that hydrophobicity of meningococci is not a causative factor in adherence in normal conditions. Modification of the bacterial surfaces (by freezing, heating, ultraviolet irradiation, fixation with glutaraldehyde or sodium metaperiodate cleavage of external sugars) induced significant changes in one or both parameters, but these changes were not correlative in both properties. In contrast to other bacteria, the hydrophobicity levels shown by our meningococci are not relevant to their adherent processes.
对4株脑膜炎奈瑟菌的表面疏水性及其对人颊上皮细胞的黏附性进行研究，并对这两个参数的数据进行相关性分析，结果表明，在正常情况下，脑膜炎球菌的疏水性并非黏附的致病因素。细菌表面的修饰（通过冷冻、加热、紫外线照射、用戊二醛固定或用高碘酸钠裂解外部糖类）导致一个或两个参数发生显著变化，但这两个特性的变化并无相关性。与其他细菌不同，我们所研究的脑膜炎球菌的疏水性水平与其黏附过程无关。
