Development of a Monoclonal Antibody to a Ureaplasma urealyticum Serotype 9 Antigen

AUTOR(ES)

Naessens, Anne

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

We produced a monoclonal antibody (MAb) to Ureaplasma urealyticum Vancouver, the serotype 9 standard strain. By immunoblotting, this MAb showed a single, 85-kDa band with the homologous serotype and a minor, 100-kDa band with serotype 2 but did not react with any other serotype standard strain. Clinical isolates of U. urealyticum were tested with this MAb and with two sets of polyclonal antisera against the 14 serotype standard strains. The use of MAb 9-2H9 correctly identified certain serotype 9 strains but did not react with wild-type strains lacking the serotype 9 determinant.

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