Absence of serotype-specific surface antigen and altered teichoic acid glycosylation among epidemic-associated strains of Listeria monocytogenes.
Outbreaks of food-borne listeriosis have often involved strains of serotype 4b. Examination of multiple isolates from three different outbreaks revealed that ca. 11 to 29% of each epidemic population consisted of strains which were negative with the serotype-specific monoclonal antibody c74.22, lacked galactose from the teichoic acid of the cell wall, and were resistant to the serotype 4b-specific phage 2671.
Clark
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Department of Microbiology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA.
Wesley
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Fiedler
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Promadej
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Kathariou
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D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000032:analysis*; D002611:Cheese / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006031:Glycosylation; D006801:Humans; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D009511:New England / Q000453:epidemiology; D009674:Nova Scotia / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012703:Serotyping; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D013682:Teichoic Acids