Specificity of the induced bactericidin of the West Indian spiny lobster, Panulirus argus.
To investigate the specificity of an inducible hemolymph bactericidin, West Indian spiny lobsters were immunized with a variety of antigens. Bactericidal assays were conducted with strain EMB-1, a gram-negative bacillus isolated from normal lobster intestine. Animals given saline solution with or without 0.3% Formalin exhibited only a slight response similar to sham controls. Injections of type 2 pneumococci or bovine albumin produced slightly higher responses. These were much less pronounced than the homologous response to EMB-1. Formalin exhibited an adjuvant-like effect with EMB-1.
D000818:Animals; D000906:Antibodies; D001419:Bacteria / Q000276:immunology*; D003445:Crustacea / Q000276:immunology*; D006458:Hemolymph; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology; D013045:Species Specificity
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