Affiliation:
1. Department of Bacteriology, Central Veterinary Institute, Lelystad, The Netherlands.
Abstract
The three Apx toxins of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae have potential value for use in vaccines and diagnostic tests which will be species specific instead of serotype specific, provided that the Apx toxins are species specific and all field strains produce these toxins. We examined 114 A. pleuropneumoniae field strains and found that they secreted either ApxI, ApxII, ApxI and ApxII, or ApxII and ApxIII and secreted no other cytolytic activities. However, proteins similar to ApxI and ApxII were also produced by Actinobacillus suis.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
Reference23 articles.
1. Capsular polysaccharide antigens for detection of serotype-specific antibodies to Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae;Bosse J. T.;Can. J. Vet. Res.,1990
2. Molecular characterization of an RTX toxin determinant from Actinobacillus suis;Burrows L. L.;Infect. Immun.,1992
3. Cowan S. T. and K. J. Steel. 1974. Cowan and Steel's manual for the identification of medical bacteria 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press Cambridge.
4. Humoral antibody response and protective immunity in swine following immunization with the 104-kilodalton hemolysin of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae;Devenish J.;Infect. Immun.,1990
5. Prevalence of seroreactors to the 104-kilodalton hemolysin of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in swine herds;Devenish J.;J. Clin. Microbiol.,1990
Cited by
48 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