Identification of flagellar (H) antigenic subfactors in Bacillus thuringiensis H serotypes 10, 18 and 24 isolated in Japan.
A total of 95 Bacillus thuringiensis strains isolated from Japan and belonging to H serotypes 10, 18 and 24, were examined for their H antigenic subfactors. Of 84 H serotype 10 isolates, 83 were identified as the H serotype 10a: 10b (serovar darmstadiensis) and only one isolate was assigned to the H serotype 10a: 10c (serovar londrina). Among five isolates belonging to the H serotype 18, three were allocated to the H serotype 18a: 18b (serovar kumamotoensis), while two isolates did not react to antisera against the two known H antigenic subfactors, 18b and 18c. All of the six H serotype 24 isolates were assigned to the H serotype 24a: 24b (serovar neoleonensis).
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Institute of Biological Control, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D001413:Bacillus thuringiensis / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D007564:Japan; D012703:Serotyping
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; C022863:H antigen