TABLE 2.

ELISA binding of antibodies to whole cells and whole-cell lysates of three Brucella strains

MAb	Specificity	OD490 after subtraction of blank value
		Whole cells			Whole-cell lysates
		B. melitensis 16Ma	B. melitensis B3B2b	B. ovis Reo 198c	B. melitensis 16Ma	B. melitensis B3B2b	B. ovis Reo 198c
12G12	S-LPS	1.328	0.006	0.003	1.198	0.005	0.039
2E11	S-LPS	0.953	0.002	0.000	1.387	0.001	0.042
A68/3F03/D05	R-LPS	0.124	0.212	0.281	0.443	1.197	1.117
3D6	PG	0.011	0.004	0.000	0.350	0.194	0.376

^aParental strain. 

^bInsertion mutant. 

^cRough strain.