FIG. 1.
Preimmune chicken IgY recognized an unknown protein of ∼180 kDa in B. bronchiseptica. (A) WCLs of Bvg−-phase-locked strain RB54, Bvgi-phase-locked strain RB53i, Bvg+-phase-locked strain RB53, and ΔfhaB strain RBX9 were probed with a chicken-derived polyclonal anti-FHA antibody (α-FHA). The arrowhead indicates FHA, and the asterisk denotes the 180-kDA protein. (B) WCLs of RB50 grown under Bvg+-phase conditions [RB50(+)]; RB50 grown under Bvg−-phase conditions [RB50(−)]; RB53, RB53i, RB54, and RBX9 grown under Bvg+-phase conditions [RBX9(+)]; and RBX9 grown under Bvg−-phase conditions [RBX9(−)] were probed with preimmune chicken IgY. (C) Outer membranes prepared from RB50 grown under Bvg+-phase conditions, RB50 grown under Bvg−-phase conditions, and RBX9 grown under Bvg+-phase conditions were probed with preimmune chicken IgY. (D) WCLs of RB50, RB50::pRH4, and RBAT grown under Bvg+-phase conditions were probed with preimmune chicken IgY.
