title: A murine monoclonal antibody specific for the outer core oligosaccharide of Salmonella lipopolysaccharide.
abstract: Immunoglobulin G3 murine monoclonal antibody T6 specific for the lipopolysaccharide of Salmonella O serogroups A to E was established. By using R mutants of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and Shigella spp., the major reactive epitope with T6 was tentatively identified as the terminal disaccharide, N-acetylglucosamine 1.2----alpha glucose, of the core oligosaccharide. T6 was reactive with 10 clinical isolates of each of the Salmonella O serogroups A to E but not with 58 isolates of other gram-negative bacteria. Its selective reactivity against Salmonella spp. renders T6 a potentially more useful reagent than the conventional polyvalent serum for the identification of Salmonella spp. It may also serve as a useful molecular tool for the study of the outer core structure of all Salmonella and related species.
mesh_terms: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D000939:Epitopes; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay; D012475:Salmonella / Q000276:immunology*; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000939:Epitopes; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial