Biochemical Characteristics of Typhus Group Rickettsiae with Special Attention to the Rickettsia prowazekii Strains Isolated from Flying Squirrels
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Dasch, Gregory A.
RESUMO
Six strains of Rickettsia prowazekii, two derived from human infections and four isolated from flying squirrels, two strains of R. typhi, and the single available strain of R. canada, were characterized by several biochemical procedures. The electrophoretic patterns on polyacrylamide gels of rickettsial proteins solubilized by sodium dodecyl sulfate revealed several species differences, but strains of the same species appeared to have identical patterns. Cytoplasmic fractions of the rickettsiae were examined for enzymatic activities and for polyacrylamide gel isoelectric focusing patterns. Some species differences were encountered in the activities or ratios of activities of glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase, glutamate dehydrogenase, and malate dehydrogenase. When polyacrylamide gels were stained for malate dehydrogenase after electrophoresis, a single band became apparent with single extracts or mixtures of two strains of R. prowazekii, but two bands were seen with mixtures of a strain of R. prowazekii and one of R. typhi. The isoelectric focusing patterns of the soluble proteins revealed numerous species differences, especially between R. canada and the other two species, and a few differences among the strains of R. prowazekii. The patterns of the two human strains, Breinl and ER, differed in at least one location, and both differed from the flying squirrel strains in the displacement of one band. One of the flying squirrel strains, GvF-16, contained a protein band not seen in the other five strains. Despite these minor differences, a striking similarity was revealed by all the biochemical tests performed between the R. prowazekii strains of human and flying squirrel origin.
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