%0 Journal Article %A Moyes, A. %A Young, H. %T An analysis of lectin agglutination as a means of sub-dividing gonococcal serovars %D 1992 %J Journal of Medical Microbiology, %V 37 %N 1 %P 51-55 %@ 1473-5644 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00222615-37-1-51 %I Microbiology Society, %X Summary Sixteen lectins were examined for their ability to agglutinate 298 strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. 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. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/00222615-37-1-51