Open AccessComparison of quantitative and qualitative antibody-producing cell responses to lipopolysaccharide in cell walls of the bacterial form and in membranes of the protoplast L-form of Proteus mirabilis
Author(s) -
Helge Karch,
Kathryn Nixdorff
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
infection and immunity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.508
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1070-6313
pISSN - 0019-9567
DOI - 10.1128/iai.30.2.349-352.1980
Subject(s) - proteus mirabilis , lipopolysaccharide , protoplast , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , cell wall , proteus , cell , strain (injury) , immune system , cell membrane , membrane , bacteria , antibody , bacterial outer membrane , escherichia coli , biochemistry , immunology , gene , genetics , anatomy , staphylococcus aureus
Membranes of the stable protoplast L-form of Proteus mirabilis strain VI were highly immunogenic carriers of lipopolysaccharide when compared with the immune responses to lipopolysaccharide contained in cell walls of the bacterial form of this organism.