The effects of growth in human serum on an acapsular group B Streptococcus mutant.

doi:10.1111/j.1574-695X.1994.tb00500.x

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The effects of growth in human serum on an acapsular group B Streptococcus mutant.

FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 Sept 1994

Platt M W, Scaletti J, Correa N

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A Group B Streptococcus Type III (GBS) mutant which, when grown in Todd Hewitt broth (THB), does not produce any detectable capsule, produced a clearly visible polysaccharide capsule when grown in human serum. We isolated cytoplasmic membranes from GBS and separated the component membrane protein...

Topics

Bacterial Capsules
Bacteriological Techniques
Blood
Culture Media
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Humans
Microscopy, Electron
Mutation
N-Acetylneuraminic Acid
Sialic Acids
Streptococcus agalactiae

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