Role of capsule and O antigen in resistance of Klebsiella pneumoniae to serum bactericidal activity.

Abstract:

:The ability of Klebsiella pneumoniae strains to resist the bactericidal activity of serum was quantitated. The K. pneumoniae strains tested included mutants lacking the capsular polysaccharide and mutants having a modified lipopolysaccharide structure. The last mutants were obtained as phage-resistant mutants, and their lipopolysaccharide was characterized by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and chemical analysis. Serum-resistant mutants derived from phage-resistant mutants (lipopolysaccharide mutants) were also characterized. Resistance to the bactericidal activity of complement was mediated by the lipopolysaccharide, especially by the O-antigen polysaccharide chains. The capsular polysaccharide seemed not to play any important role in resistance to serum bactericidal activity in this bacterium.

journal_name

Infect Immun

journal_title

Infection and immunity

authors

Tomás JM,Benedí VJ,Ciurana B,Jofre J

doi

10.1128/IAI.54.1.85-89.1986

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1986-10-01 00:00:00

pages

85-9

issue

1

eissn

0019-9567

issn

1098-5522

journal_volume

54

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