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. 1998 Oct;180(20):5432–5436. doi: 10.1128/jb.180.20.5432-5436.1998

TABLE 2.

Mutant classificationsa

Category No. of isolates K antigen LPS Congo red result Phage sensitivity profile Complementation group
AK631 NAb Present AK631 Salmon Distinct NA
rkp-1 3 tested Absent AK631 Dark red Distinct rkp-1
Class I 5 Absent AK631 Salmon Distinct rkp-3
Class II 6 Absent Altered Salmon Distinct rkp-2
Class III 1 Absent Rm41 Dark red Distinct Unique
Class IV 1 Absent AK631 Dark red Distinct Unique
a

Mutants were characterized with respect to the K antigen and LPS they produced, the sensitivities they displayed to a series of phage strains, their color on Congo red plates, and through tests of complementation to cosmids isolated by Kereszt et al. (7, 8). 

b

NA, not applicable.