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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
卷 292, 期 1, 页码 21-26出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01466.x
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Shigella dysenteriae; Shigella flexneri; Shigella boydii; Escherichia coli; antigenic cross-reactions
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Strains of Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella flexneri and Shigella boydii express lipopolysaccharides, that enable the serotyping of strains based on their antigenic structures. Certain strains of S. dysenteriae, S. flexneri and S. boydii are known to share epitopes with strains of Escherichia coli; however, the lipopolysaccharide profiles of the cross-reacting organisms have not been compared by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) lipopolysaccharides profiling. In the present study, type strains of these bacteria were examined using SDS-PAGE/silver staining to compare their respective lipopolysaccharide profiles. Strains of S. dysenteriae, S. boydii and S. flexneri all expressed long-chain lipopolysaccharide, with distinct profile patterns. The majority of strains of Shigella spp., known to cross-react with strains of E. coli, had lipopolysaccharide profiles quite distinct from the respective strain of E. coli. It was concluded that while cross-reacting strains of Shigella spp. and E. coli may express shared lipopolysaccharide epitopes, their lipopolysaccharide structures are not identical.
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