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. 1986 Dec;52(6):1299–1304. doi: 10.1128/aem.52.6.1299-1304.1986

Rapid serological identification of Vibrio vulnificus by anti-H coagglutination.

J Simonson, R J Siebeling
PMCID: PMC239225  PMID: 3789720

Abstract

Staphylococcus aureus Cowan 1 cells were armed with anti-flagellar (anti-H) antibody produced in rabbits immunized with flagellar core protein prepared from Vibrio vulnificus. This reagent was assessed by coagglutination for its capacity to agglutinate and identify V. vulnificus. A species-specific H antigen is expressed in the core proteins of the polar flagella of V. vulnificus. Of 435 V. vulnificus isolates identified bacteriologically, 432 (99.3%) were agglutinated in the slide test within 2 min after the addition of the anti-V. vulnificus H coagglutination reagent. Other than Vibrio pelagius, the reagent did not agglutinate 19 heterologous Vibrio spp. tested, including 290 V. cholerae, 22 V. mimicus, 395 V. parahaemolyticus, and 16 V. fluvialis isolates recovered from seafood and the marine environment. The serological resolution of the coagglutination reaction was enhanced if the organism under test was suspended in 0.1 M Tris buffer-0.1 mM EDTA-1.0% Triton X-100 (TET) for 24 h before serological examination. The TET buffer also increased the sensitivity of the coagglutination reaction 100-fold over that for isolates suspended in 0.3% formalinized phosphate-buffered saline before testing. The anti-H coagglutination test is a rapid, serologically specific, and inexpensive procedure for identifying V. vulnificus one step beyond primary isolation.

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