quellung reaction

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quellung reaction [′kwel·əŋ rē‚ak·shən]

(microbiology)

Swelling of the capsule of a bacterial cell, caused by contact with serum containing antibodies capable of reacting with polysaccharide material in the capsule; applicable toPneumococcus, Klebsiella,andHemophilus.

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