Klebsiella pneumoniae C3 lipopolysaccharide mutants obtained by resistance to bacteriophage FC3-9.

doi:10.1016/s0769-2609(86)80091-6

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Klebsiella pneumoniae C3 lipopolysaccharide mutants obtained by resistance to bacteriophage FC3-9.

Annales de l'Institut Pasteur. Microbiologie - 1 Jan 2000

Benedí V J, Jofre J, Tomás J M

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Bacteriophage FC3-9 is one of the several bacteriophages of Klebsiella pneumoniae C3 isolated in our laboratory. Mutants resistant to this bacteriophage were isolated and found to be devoid of lipopolysaccharide O antigen, modified in outer-membrane protein composition and sensitive to complement...

Topics

Antigens, Bacterial
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
Bacteriophages
Klebsiella pneumoniae
Lipopolysaccharides
Mutation

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