[Immunologic and structural studies of lipopolysaccharides from Pseudomonas cepacia].
O-serotyping of 30 Pseudomonas cepacia strains isolated from the soil and rhizosphere of different plant species in the territory of the USSR has been performed using 15 O-typing antisera according to the Heidt and Nakamura schemes. It is suggested to introduce two new O-serogroups (serogroups K and L) into the available P. cepacia classification scheme. They are most often met among the P. cepacia strains in different geographical areas of the USSR simultaneously with serogroups 2 (G) and 1 (D). To elucidate the molecular principles of serological inhomogeneity of the species the immunochemical studies of lipopolysaccharides of a number of P. cepacia strains have been conducted and the structure has been determined for repeating links of O-specific polysaccharides of P. cepacia strains attributed to 4 Nakamura serogroups, 3 Heidt serogroups, to serogroups K and L, as well as for certain strains from the collection of the Institute of Microbiology and Virology of the Ukr. SSR Academy of Sciences.
Soldatkina
A
A
Knirel'
Iu A
IuA
Tanatar
N V
NV
Zakharova
I Ia
IIa
D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D012703:Serotyping
D008070:Lipopolysaccharides
Immunologicheskie i strukturnye issledovaniia lipopolisakharidov Pseudomonas cepacia.