Immunochemical studies on the O-antigens of Proteus mirabilis O23 and Proteus vulgaris O23

• Authors: A. Rozalski , A.V. Perepelov , B. Bartodziejska , S.N. Senchenkova , D. Babicka , W. Kaca , Y.A. Knirel
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Analysis by 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy demonstrated that the O-specific polysaccharides of P. mirabilis PrK 42/57 and P. vulgaris PrK 43/57 are structurally similar to that of P. vulgaris PrK 44/57 and different from the polysaccharide of P. mirabilis PrK 41/57 studied earlier. The lipopolysaccharides of these strains were tested using enzyme immunosorbent assay, passive hemolysis and Western blot with O-antisera against P. mirabilis 42/57 and P. vulgaris 43/57 and 44/57, as well as with cross-absorbed O-antisera. The chemical and serological data revealed the basis for combining the four strains into Proteus serogroup O23 and division of this serogroup to three subgroups, one for P. vulgaris 43/57 and 44/57 and two others for P. mirabilis 41/57 and 42/57.

Keywords

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LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O-ANTIGEN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEROLOGICAL REACTIVITY; STRUCTURE

Discipline

• IMMUNOLOGY: IMMUNOLOGY

• Publisher: Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis
• Year: 2003
• Volume: 51
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 69-73

Contributors

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A. Rozalski

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A.V. Perepelov

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B. Bartodziejska

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S.N. Senchenkova

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D. Babicka

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W. Kaca

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Y.A. Knirel

• Document Type: ARTICLE
• Publication order reference: A. Rozalski, Department of Immunobiology of Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Lodz, Poland