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Spermadsorption and Spermagglutination by Mycoplasmas

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Adsorption of bovine and human spermatozoa to colonies of mycoplasmas has been demonstrated, as well as spermagglutination by an avian mycoplasma. These phenomena show some similarity to haemadsorption and haemagglutination by mycoplasmas.

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TAYLOR-ROBINSON, D., MANCHEE, R. Spermadsorption and Spermagglutination by Mycoplasmas. Nature 215, 484–487 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215484a0

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