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Characterization of murine monoclonal antibodies against serogroup B salmonellae and application as serotyping
1Department of Microbiology, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital Compound.
Six murine hybridoma monoclonal antibodies reactive with lipopolysaccharide antigens of Salmonella typhimurium were obtained from a fusion of immune spleen cells from mice immunized with S. typhimurium and NS1 myeloma cells. Four antibodies appeared to be specific for serogroup B salmonellae, while the remaining two antibodies were found to be cross-reactive with Salmonella paratyphi A. The exquisite specificities of the Salmonella serogroup B monoclonal antibodies were demonstrated by their unique reactivities with different serotypes of group B salmonellae but with neither other O serogroups of salmonellae nor a wide spectrum of standard strains of other bacterial species. Serotyping of salmonella strains by the slide agglutination method with two of the serogroup B-specific monoclonal antibodies demonstrated their usefulness as serotyping reagents for the identification of serogroup B salmonellae in a routine diagnostic bacteriology laboratory.
Six murine hybridoma monoclonal antibodies reactive with lipopolysaccharide antigens of Salmonella typhimurium were obtained from a fusion of immune spleen cells from mice immunized with S. typhimurium and NS1 myeloma cells. Four antibodies appeared to be specific for serogroup B salmonellae, while the remaining two antibodies were found to be cross-reactive with Salmonella paratyphi A. The exquisite specificities of the Salmonella serogroup B monoclonal antibodies were demonstrated by their unique reactivities with different serotypes of group B salmonellae but with neither other O serogroups of salmonellae nor a wide spectrum of standard strains of other bacterial species. Serotyping of salmonella strains by the slide agglutination method with two of the serogroup B-specific monoclonal antibodies demonstrated their usefulness as serotyping reagents for the identification of serogroup B salmonellae in a routine diagnostic bacteriology laboratory.