TABLE 4.
Antigen structures important for Ab-specific serum killing of V. anguillarum serogroup O1
| Anti-V. anguillarum serogroup O1 Ab | Ab specificity for LPS |
V. anguillarum serogroup O1
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smooth
|
Rougha agglutination titer | |||
| Agglutination titer | Serum sensitivityb | |||
| Roughc | LPS core | 22 | − | 29 |
| Smoothd | LPS core and O antigen | 28 | + | 26 |
| Smooth absorbed with rough | O antigen | 27 | + | − |
Rough strains were sensitive to NS alone.
Serum sensitivity to NS in the presence of Ab.
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ATCC 43305.