Abstract
Fifteen strains of Clostridium perfringens type A which included Hobbs' agglutinating serotypes 1 to 13 and two unknown serotypes were studied with respect to the serological nature and the quantity of enterotoxin produced. Ten of the 13 serotypes, and the two unknown ones, produced enterotoxin while three strains (serotypes 4, 5, and 7) failed to do so. Enterotoxins from the producing strains showed a line of identity in immunodiffusion tests using specific antiserum to enterotoxin, and they exhibited similar erythemal and enteropathogenic effects. Enterotoxin was produced only when these strains sporulated, but spore producing, nonenterotoxigenic strains were encountered.
Publisher
Canadian Science Publishing
Subject
Genetics,Molecular Biology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,General Medicine,Immunology,Microbiology
Cited by
10 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献