title: Comparative biotyping, bacteriocin typing, and serogrouping (O-antigens) of Serratia liquefaciens.
abstract: A total of 83 clinical isolates of Serratia liquefaciens from 81 patients were biotyped, bacteriocin typed (with group A phage tail bacteriocins from S. marcescens), and serogrouped. Biotyping afforded least discrimination, because 71 of the 83 isolates (85.5%) comprised 2 biotypes; the remainder were of 5 different biotypes. Bacteriocin typing differentiated 70 of the 83 isolates (84.3%) into 20 types. Polyclonal rabbit anti-O immune sera identified 16 O-antigens, and all 83 isolates could be serogrouped.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Traub
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001430:Bacteriocins; D002244:Carbon / Q000378:metabolism; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D019081:O Antigens; D012703:Serotyping; D012705:Serratia / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001430:Bacteriocins; D019081:O Antigens; D002244:Carbon