title: O antigen grouping of Morganella morganii (Proteus morganii) by slide agglutination.
abstract: Antisera were prepared against Morganella morganii (Proteus morganii) type strains from the scheme described by Rauss et al. (Acta Microbiol. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22:315--321, 1975) and Raus and Vörös (Acta Microbiol. Acad. Sci. Hung. 6:233--248, 1959; Acta Microbiol. Acad. Sci. Hung. 14:195--198, 1967). The specificities of the somatic (O) antigens were studied using the passive hemagglutination and slide agglutination techniques. Previously unreported interstrain relations were observed, and O groups were provisionally defined on the basis of related strains. Of 143 isolates, collected mostly from two hospitals, 96% could be placed in one or another of the O groups. Forty-eight percent belonged to O group 1 and most of these were of two serotypes O1ab, 2 (20%) and O1ad, 2 (12%).
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D001001:Anura / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D011511:Proteus / Q000145:classification*; D011512:Proteus Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial