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. 1980 Nov;30(2):349–352. doi: 10.1128/iai.30.2.349-352.1980

Comparison of quantitative and qualitative antibody-producing cell responses to lipopolysaccharide in cell walls of the bacterial form and in membranes of the protoplast L-form of Proteus mirabilis.

H Karch, K Nixdorff
PMCID: PMC551317  PMID: 7002796

Abstract

Membranes of the stable protoplast L-form of Proteus mirabilis strain VI were highly immunogenic carriers of lipopolysaccharide when compared with the immune responses to lipopolysaccharide contained in cell walls of the bacterial form of this organism.

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