Re-evaluation of the serotypes of Serratia marcescens and separation into two schemes based on lipopolysaccharide (O) and capsular polysaccharide (K) antigens

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 639-653

  Aucken, Hazel M ^a   Wilkinson, Stephen G ^b   Pitt, Tyrone L ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Science and Engineering   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capsules; LPS; O and K antigens; Serotyping; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; GLYCEROL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SEROTYPING; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 0031930547     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-3-639     Document Type: Article

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