Role of Protein A in the Serum-Soft Agar Technique

AUTOR(ES)

Forsum, Urban

RESUMO

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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