O antigenic structure of Listeria grayi and Listeria murrayi.
Cross-agglutination and absorption studies indicated that two serological reference strains of Listeria grayi and Listeria murrayi differed in at least one O factor. The serological analysis revealed that the unshared O factors are not present in other Listeria serovars. These results are not in accordance with the antigenic structure previously reported for L. grayi and L. murrayi, then a new O antigen formulation is proposed for these species: L. grayi (III), XII, XIV and XVI; L. murrayi (III), XII, XIV and XVII.
Department of Animal Pathology I, (Animal Health) Veterinary Faculty, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain.
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Vazquez-Boland
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Dominguez Rodriguez
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Fernandez Garayzabal
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Briones Dieste
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García Cabrera
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Suarez Fernandez
D000042:Absorption; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D008087:Listeria / Q000276:immunology*; D019081:O Antigens; D011817:Rabbits
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D019081:O Antigens