Preparation of agglutinating antisera specific for the flagellar antigens of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

J Med Microbiol. 1981 Aug;14(3):251-60. doi: 10.1099/00222615-14-3-251.

Abstract

H-specific agglutinating sera to Pseudomonas aeruginosa were prepared by immunisation with partially purified flagella. The results of agglutination and immobilisation tests with rabbit sera prepared against the flagella of six H-type strains showed that the sera had high titres and were H specific. Cross-absorption tests revealed that one strain (H-3) possessed a distinct antigen not present in any of the others. Two groups of strains (H-1, H-2 and H-5; H-4 and H-6) each possessed a distinct major antigen. Members of these two groups could be distinguished by their minor antigens.

MeSH terms

  • Agglutination
  • Animals
  • Antigens, Bacterial / immunology*
  • Flagella / immunology*
  • Immune Sera / immunology*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / immunology*
  • Rabbits
  • Serotyping

Substances

  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • Immune Sera