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[Antigenic composition of different forms of Sh. sonnei]
Abstract:
Data are presented on the study, with the aid of immunophoresis, of the antigenic composition of the I, II phases and R-forms of Sh. sonnei. From 5 to 7 antigens differing by thermoresistance, electrophoretic and diffuse mobility were found in the composition of microbial cells of various forms Sh. sonnei. Differences between the I phase on the one hand and cells of the II phase and R-form, on the other hand, consisted both in the quantitative composition of components of their thermostable O-antigens and in the structure of specific lipopolysaccharides of the forms.
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