Affiliation:
1. Division of Microbiology, National Defence Research Institute, S-901 82 Umeå, Sweden
Abstract
The envelope proteins of 5 strains of the genus
Desulfotomaculum
and 12 strains of the genus
Desulfovibrio
were studied by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting. The
Desulfovibrio
strains exhibited a typical gram-negative cell envelope, whereas the cell envelope of
Desulfotomaculum
strains appeared to be gram-positive. A close relationship between strains of
Desulfotomaculum nigrificans
was observed. A comparison between different species of
Desulfotomaculum
revealed some degree of similarity between
Desulfotomaculum nigrificans
and
Desulfotomaculum ruminis,
whereas
Desulfotomaculum orientis
seemed unique. The strains of
Desulfovibrio salexigens
were quite different from the strains of the other species of
Desulfovibrio
. In two of the strains of
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans,
a species-specific antigen was observed. The strains of
Desulfovibrio vulgaris, Desulfovibrio africanus,
and
Desulfovibrio gigas
and one strain of
Desulfovibrio desulfuricans
exhibited a similar outer membrane protein profile and also showed very similar antigenic reactions.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
Cited by
8 articles.
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