Antigenic structure of Pseudomonas pseudomallei
Piven', N.N.; Iliukhin, V.I.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii Epidemiologii i Immunobiologii 4: 78-82
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0372-9311 PMID: 7269904 Document Number: 179031
The antigenic scheme has been proposed on the basis of the immunoelectrophoretic study of aqueous-saline extracts from acetone-dried microbial cells belonging to 29P. pseudomallei strains. The proposed scheme consists of 19 precipitinogens; of these, 13 have been shown to be common to all strains under study, the remaining precipitinogens being variable. All antigens are characterized by their charge and the degree of mobility in the electric field, their molecular weight, thermal resistance and chemical nature. In future this scheme is likely to be used for reference in the study and isolation of different antigenic structures of the infective agent of melioidosis.