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The role of the O-antigen lipopolysaccharide on the colonization in vivo of the germfree chicken gut by Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Microbial pathogenesis - 1 Jun 1993
Camprubí S, Merino S, Guillot J F, Tomás J M
Abstract excerpt
We isolated lipopolysaccharide and capsular polysaccharide (K antigen)-defective mutants from two Klebsiella pneumoniae parental strains, and compared their ability to colonize in vivo the germfree chicken gut. The high-molecular weight lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (O antigen) was found necessary for the colonization while the capsular polysaccharide (K2 or K29) was not of importance.
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