Article
Characterization of an O-antigen bacteriophage from Aeromonas hydrophila.
Canadian journal of microbiology - 1 Mar 1992
Merino S, Camprubí S, Tomás J M
Abstract excerpt
A unique bacteriophage of Aeromonas hydrophila serotype O:34 was isolated, purified, and characterized. The bacterial surface receptor was shown to be the O-antigen polysaccharide component of lipopolysaccharide specific to serotype O:34, which was chemically characterized. The high molecular wei...
Topics
- Aeromonas
- Bacteriophages
- Glucose
- Hexosamines
- Mutation
- O Antigens
- Polysaccharides, Bacterial
- Receptors, Virus
- Serotyping