title: The presence of capsular polysaccharide in mesophilic Aeromonas hydrophila serotypes O:11 and O:34.
abstract: Mesophilic Aeromonas hydrophila from serotypes O:11 and O:34 grown in a glucose-rich medium produce a capsule that can be seen under light and electron microscopy. The purified capsular polysaccharide has a composition qualitatively similar for strains O:11 and O:34, but quantitatively different. The capsular polysaccharides were immunogenic in rabbits, and did not cross-react with specific antibodies against either purified lipopolysaccharide from strains O:34 or O:11 or against the S-layer characteristic of strains from serotype O:11.
authors.affiliation: Departament de Microbiologia i Parasitologia Sanitàries, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Simon-Pujol
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Congregado
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Merino
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Rubires
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tomás
mesh_terms: D016980:Aeromonas hydrophila / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron