Lipopolysaccharide heterogeneity in Brucella strains isolated from marine mammals

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 277-280

  Baucheron, Sylvie ^a   Grayon, Maggy ^a   Zygmunt, Michel S ^a   Cloeckaert, Axel ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Brucella; Heterogeneity; Lipopolysaccharide; Marine mammal

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EPITOPE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTISERUM; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; O ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLA SUIS; CARNIVORA; DOLPHIN; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PORPOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; WESTERN BLOTTING; WHALE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; CETACEA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOCA;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRUCELLA; CETACEA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; O ANTIGENS; SEALS; ANIMALS; SEALS, EARLESS;

BALAENOPTERA ACUTOROSTRATA; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; PHOCIDAE; PHOCOENIDAE; STENELLA (CETACEA);

EID: 0035991503     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-2508(02)01317-7     Document Type: Article

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