title: [O and H antigens of "Levinea malonatica" (author's transl)].
abstract: A serological study of representative strains of Levinea malonatica allows to identify fourteen O factors and seven H factors. The structure of the somatic antigens is rather complicated: group factors (1, 4, 5, 11, 13, 14) and type factors (2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12) can be distinguished. Flagellar antigens are monophasic; reciprocal cross-reactions between H antigens of L. malonatica are rarely found. The determinations of O and H antigens are performed by the tube agglutination method. A preliminary scheme of serotypes (serovars) is proposed: thirty-nine strains of L. malonatica are distributed among fourteen different serotypes (serovars). A more extensive serotyping scheme would be useful in the future for epidemiological purposes.
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000276:immunology*; D005407:Flagella / Q000276:immunology; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial
vernacular_title: Antigènes somatiques et flagellaires de Levinea malonatica