Abstract
1. The distribution of glycoconjugates on the surface of Salmonella pullorum and the ileal epithelium of chicks was demonstrated by lectin cytochemistry. The role of glycoconjugates in adherence of S. pullorum to the ileal epithelium was determined by a sugar inhibition assay using the scanning electron microscope. 2. S. pullorum exhibited binding to Concanavalin A (Con A) and wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) but not to soyabean agglutinin (SBA), Ricinus communis agglutinin (RCA) and Ulex europaeus agglutinin (UEA). 3. The ileal epithelium of chicks bound WGA, Con A and SBA. The binding sites for WGA were on the brush border and cytoplasm of columnar enterocytes as well as on goblet cells. The binding of Con A was confined to the cytoplasm of columnar enterocytes, while SBA bound, in a limited way, to the brush border of columnar enterocytes. 4. After an oral dose of S. pullorum, adherence to the ileal epithelium was inhibited by methyl alpha-D-mannopyranoside.
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