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Sixteen lectins were examined for their ability to agglutinate 298 strains of . Seven lectins failed to agglutinate any of the strains; the remaining nine lectins gave 22 different agglutination patterns. The 298 strains were divided into 14 serovars with a single panel of monoclonal antibody typing reagents; lectin agglutination subdivided these into 57 serovar/lectin patterns. A combination of two monoclonal antibody serotyping panels divided the strains into 32 serovar combinations; lectin agglutination further subdivided these into 79 serovar/lectin patterns. There was no correlation between lectin pattern and serovar. Lectin agglutination is a simple supplementary typing method and could be particularly useful in micro-epidemiological studies.

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