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SEROLOGICAL GROUPING OF STAPHYLOCOCCAL PHAGES BY INDIRECT HAEMAGGLUTINATION
Author(s) -
Kamme Carl
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-5563
DOI - 10.1111/j.0365-5563.1973.tb00021.x
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , hemagglutination , serology , phage typing , microbiology and biotechnology , virology , typing , haemagglutination inhibition , biology , hemagglutination tests , bacteriophage , bacteria , antibody , virus , escherichia coli , immunology , genetics , gene
Phages in the international basic set used for routine typing of Staphylococcus aureus were grouped serologically with the indirect haemagglutination inhibition test. The results showed complete agreement with the serological division of these phages into 4 groups: A, B, F and L, which had earlier been done by neutralizing tests. 33 additional phages isolated from 29 Staphylococcus aureus strains of human source were investigated and found to belong to group A or B. Phages of each group were antigenically identical and showed no crossreaction with phages of any other group.