The role of O-antigen in susceptibility of Serratia marcescens to non-immune serum.

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The role of O-antigen in susceptibility of Serratia marcescens to non-immune serum.

Microbios - 1 Jan 1993

Palomar J, Montilla R, Fusté M C, Viñas M

Abstract excerpt

Selection of phage-resistant strains to three different phages, kappa, FSB3 and FSB55, whose primary receptor was lipopolysaccharide, enabled several spontaneous O-defective mutants to be isolated and characterized. Strains ATCC 274 (0:14), 2170 (0:14) and NIMA (0:6) showed serum resistance, wher...

Topics

Animals
Antigens, Bacterial
Complement Pathway, Alternative
Complement Pathway, Classical
Lipopolysaccharides
Mutation
Rabbits
Serratia marcescens

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