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Title: Explain the principle difference between direct agglutination and passive agglut
Post by: colleen on Mar 15, 2012
Explain the principle difference between direct agglutination and passive agglutination.


Title: Re: Explain the principle difference between direct agglutination and passive agglut
Post by: sci_expert on Mar 17, 2012
Direct agglutination is clumping formed from soluble antibodies binding to soluble antigens that are either bound to the surface of a cell or bound to an insoluble particle. Passive agglutination again uses soluble antibodies, but the antigens of interest are also soluble, so they are first adsorbed to an inert antigen-carrier such as charcoal particles, latex beads, or red blood cells.