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. 1996 Nov;178(22):6459–6465. doi: 10.1128/jb.178.22.6459-6465.1996

Immunochemical characterization of O polysaccharides composing the alpha-D-rhamnose backbone of lipopolysaccharide of Pseudomonas syringae and classification of bacteria into serogroups O1 and O2 with monoclonal antibodies.

V Ovod 1, K Rudolph 1, Y Knirel 1, K Krohn 1
PMCID: PMC178531  PMID: 8932301

Abstract

Murine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) reacting with Pseudomonas syringae lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O polysaccharides (OPS) composed of tetra- and tri-alpha-D-rhamnose repeats in the backbone [3)D-Rha(alpha1-3)D-Rha(alpha1-2)D-Rha(alpha1-2)D-Rha(alpha1] and [3)D-Rha(alpha1-3)D-Rha(alpha1-2)D-Rha(alpha1] were generated and used for immunochemical analysis and for serological classification of the bacteria. A total of 195 of 358 P. syringae strains tested representing 21 pathovars were shown to share a common epitope, 1a, and were classified into serogroup O1. All strains with pathovars aptata, glycinea, japonica, phaseolicola, and pisi, most of the strains with pathovars atrofaciens and striafaciens, and half of the strains with pathovar syringae were classified into serotypes O1a', O1b, O1c, and O1d within serogroup O1. Serogroup-specific epitope 1a was inferred to be related to the (alpha1-2)D-Rha(alpha1-3) site of the OPS backbone. The serotype-specific epitopes 1b, 1c, 1d, and 1a' were inferred as relating to the immunodominant lateral (alpha1-3)D-Rha, (beta1-4)D-GlcNAc, and (alpha1-4)D-Fuc substituents and backbone-located site (alpha1-3)D-Rha(alpha1-2), respectively, of OPSs that share the common tetra-D-rhamnose repeats in the backbone. A total of 7.3% of the strains studied, all with pathovars morsprunorum and lapsa, were classified as serotypes O2a and O2d within serogroup 02. Serotype-specific epitope 2a was inferred as being related to the backbone-located site D-Rha(alpha1-3)D-Rha and epitope 2d to the immunodominant lateral (alpha1-4)D-Fuc residue of OPS consisting of tri-D-rhamnose repeats in the backbone. Epitope 2d alternated with 2a within the same LPS molecule and did not cross-react with epitope 1d. Serotypes O2a and O2d were observed in some strains correlating with the coexpression of the two chemotypes of OPS by the same strain. The serogroup O1-specific MAb Ps1a reacted weakly but definitely with all strains from serogroup 02. We propose serological formulas for serogroups O1 and 02 as well as for individual strains within these serogroups.

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