Demonstration of a common antigen in sonicated cells for identification of Vibrio vulnificus serotypes.

AUTOR(ES)

Nishibuchi, M

RESUMO

Ouchterlony immunodiffusion of sonicated Vibrio vulnificus cells illustrated a single major precipitation line with antiserum prepared from whole cells of the same species. Antigenic analysis by two-dimensional immunoelectrophoresis verified the presence of a single dominant precipitation line. Tandem two-dimensional immunoelectrophoretic analyses of V. vulnificus antigens from various strains revealed one fused precipitation line of identity. No fused precipitation lines were seen with other Vibrio species tested. This dominant antigen, designated VVA, was not dialyzable, lost antigenicity by heating at 100 degrees C but not at 70 degrees C, and was precipitated by 70%, but not by 50%, saturated ammonium sulfate. VVA was not present in concentrated (20X) spent culture medium. VVA is possibly an intracellular protein specific to V. vulnificus species and may be useful in the serological identification of this important human pathogen.

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