title: Monoclonal antibodies specific for Corynebacterium sepedonicum, the causative agent of potato ring rot.
abstract: BALB/c mice were immunized with Corynebacterium sepedonicum, and spleen cells from the immunized animals were fused with cells of the mouse myeloma line P3-X63-Ag8.653. Several hybridoma cell cultures were selected for further study. Monoclonal CS-B-5 was specific for C. sepedonicum and did not react significantly with other closely related phytopathogenic corynebacteria in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). As few as 10(3) organisms could be detected. This approach should prove useful for developing improved diagnostic procedures for a number of bacterial plant pathogens.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology*; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D010935:Plant Diseases; D011198:Solanum tuberosum
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal