Gallibacterium anatis has the ability to hemagglutinate rabbit erythrocytes; however, no bacterial component has yet been associated with this function. In the present work, a protein of approximately 65 kDa with hemagglutinating activity for glutaraldehyde-fixed chicken erythrocytes was purified by ion interchange chromatography from G. anatis F149(T) secreted proteins. The protein was recognized by a rabbit polyclonal serum against a hemagglutinin from Avibacterium paragallinarum. The 65 kDa purified protein presented identity with a G. anatis filamentous hemagglutinin by mass spectrometric analysis. As well, the bacterial surface of G. anatis was labeled by immune gold assays using a polyclonal serum against the 65-kDa protein. A similar protein was recognized in four other G. anatis strains by immunoblots using the same antiserum. The protein binds sheep or pig biotinylated fibrinogen, suggesting an interaction with basement membrane eukaryotic cells components, and the protein is present in G. anatis biofilms. Overall, the results suggest that the 65 kDa hemagglutinin is a common antigen and a potential virulence factor in G. anatis.
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