title: Additional O antigens of Vibrio fluvialis and Vibrio furnissii.
abstract: A total of 297 strains of Vibrio fluvialis and Vibrio furrnissii, which were collected from various countries for the past 15-year period of 1984-1998, were serogrouped. Of those examined, 239 strains of V. fluvialis and V. furnissii were classified into 29 known O serogroups; 9 strains were found to belong to R-form cultures, and the rest of the 49 strains could not be serogrouped. Of those serologically untypable strains, 26 novel O serogroups (O36 to O61) were established and added to our reference of the V. fluvialis and V. furnissii antigenic scheme. As all antisera against the O reference strains of the organisms contained some amount of antibody to the rough (R) antigen, all diagnostic O antisera were absorbed with the reference rough strain, V. fluvialis GF25.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Enteric Infection 1, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan. vibriots@nih.go.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arakawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okitsu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsushita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kudoh
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Okamura
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D019081:O Antigens / Q000097:blood*; D011817:Rabbits; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping; D014733:Vibrio / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D019081:O Antigens