Experiences with serology of Plesiomonas shigelloides. 1. O-antigenic structure.
With a set of 30 O-antisera, O-antigens were identified in 80% of 158 Plesiomonas shigelloides strains. Only strains of one serovar (018) regularly contained capsular antigen that caused their inagglutinability in the live state. Two groups of serovars displayed some O-antigenic relationship: 03 and 029; 08, 011 and 012. Each serovar in either group possessed a specific O-antigen and "group-common" minor antigens, which were designated I, II and III. Serovar 017 possessed O-antigen identical with that of Shigella sonnei phase I; this serovar was the most frequent one. Some serovars seemed to be ubiquitous; this was indicated by their wide geographic distribution and findings in man, domestic and feral animals, and water.
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D000371:Agglutination; D000818:Animals; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D002031:Bulgaria; D003429:Cross Reactions; D003462:Cuba; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D005859:Germany, East; D006801:Humans; D007493:Iraq; D019081:O Antigens; D011817:Rabbits; D012703:Serotyping; D012764:Shigella sonnei / Q000276:immunology*; D014737:Vibrionaceae / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D019081:O Antigens