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AN EVALUATION OF CHARACTERISTICS OF CLOSTRIDIUM CHAUVOEI WHICH POSSIBLY INDICATE A HIGHLY PROTECTIVE STRAIN
Author(s) -
Chandler HM,
Gulasekharam J
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1970.18
Subject(s) - strain (injury) , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , clostridium , flagellum , antigen , bacteria , immunology , genetics , anatomy
Summary A highly protective strain of Clostridium chauvoei was compared and contrasted with a number of less protective strains and strain variants. This strain was found to produce uniformly smooth colonies and was highly toxic to mice and pathogenic to guinea‐pigs. It possessed an O antigen common to all the strains of Cl. chauvoei and an H antigen which in this study was shared only by the standard challenge strain. Apart from flagella type, no single characteristic sets this strain clearly apart from other less protective strains.