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The detection of two antigenic groups among Renibacterium salmoninarum isolates
I Bandín1, Y Santos, B Magariños
1Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
FEMS Microbiology Letters
|July 1, 1992
Abstract:
The analysis of the membrane proteins and their antigenic properties in a group of 14 geographically diverse strains of Renibacterium salmoninarum revealed the existence of antigenic diversity within this species. Eleven isolates, including the type strain ATCC 33209, shared a similar protein profile with a major component of 57 kDa whereas three strains showed a common pattern with a major protein of 30 kDa. The quantitative agglutination tests and Western blotting assays seem to indicate the existence of serological heterogeneity, with two distinct groups being detected.