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Specificity of an antiserum against Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica in indirect ELISA
Author(s) -
Jones D.A.C.,
McLeod A.,
Hyman L.J.,
Pérombelon M.C.M.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1993.tb05193.x
Subject(s) - antiserum , erwinia , polyclonal antibodies , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , enterobacteriaceae , chemistry , antigen , biology , escherichia coli , immunology , biochemistry , gene , genetics
Attempts to differentiate Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica (Eca) from Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora (Ecc) by indirect ELISA using polyclonal antisera against the former bacterium were unsuccessful. However, when bacterial cells were preincubated with an antiserum against Eca serogroup I and excess serum washed away prior to coating on micro‐ELISA plates, specificity was improved. This modified indirect ELISA was able to separate Eca serogroups I, XVIII and XXII from all the Ecc serogroups tested. Cross adsorption of the antiserum with Ecc serogroup XXIX resulted in greatly reduced absorbance values for all strains/serogroups except Eca serogroups I and XXII. Cross adsorption with the homologous Eca strain reduced absorbance values for all strains/serogroups. It is suggested that the differentiation of Eca serogroups I and XXII obtained with the modified indirect ELISA could be attributed to the removal of antibodies cross reacting to soluble antigens and the retention of antibodies to specific cell surface antigens.