title: Purification of Chlamydia trachomatis strains in mixed infection by monoclonal antibody neutralization.
abstract: A Chlamydia trachomatis D* serovariant strain was found to be mixed with an F serovar strain in a clinical specimen. By using a monoclonal antibody which neutralizes serovar F infectivity in hamster kidney cells, the D* variant strain was enriched until it could be cloned by limiting dilution. This newly described neutralization enrichment procedure can be used to purify a C. trachomatis serovar present in small numbers in a mixed culture or, potentially, to identify nonneutralizable mutants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lampe
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Stamm
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006224:Cricetinae; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D018272:Porins; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D018272:Porins; C071677:omp1 protein, Chlamydia trachomatis