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. 1980 Feb;27(2):697–699. doi: 10.1128/iai.27.2.697-699.1980

Virulence of Streptococcus mutans: immunochemical characterization of a serotype g-defective mutant (C307).

M Hirasawa, H Kiyono, T Shiota, S M Michalek, J R McGhee
PMCID: PMC550822  PMID: 7380547

Abstract

A mutant of Streptococcus mutans 6715 wild type designated C307 has been shown to possess a small amount of either Lancefield- or Rantz-Randall-extractable serotype antigen. Quantitative analysis employing combined immunoabsorption and radial immunodiffusion of anti-S. mutans serotype-specific serum demonstrated that C307 exhibited less than 1% of the amount of serotype g antigen normally expressed in S. mutans 6715 wild type.

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