Salmonella Dakar and Salmonella Telaviv bacteria belong to serogroup O:28, which represents 107 serovars and possesses only the epitope O28. Salmonella Telaviv has the subfactors O28(1) and O28(2) , whereas S. Dakar has O28(1) and O28(3) . So far, only limited serological and immunological information for this serogroup is available in the literature. Knowledge of the structures of their O-polysaccharides and the immunochemical investigations performed in this work allowed to reveal the nature of subfactor O28(1) as attributed to the presence of 3-linked (or 3,4-disubstituted) α-D-GalpNAc in the main chains of S. Dakar and S. Telaviv O-polysaccharides. An explanation for the cross-reactions between Salmonella enterica O28 O-antigens and other Salmonella O-polysaccharides and their structural similarity to Escherichia coli O-serogroups is also given.
monoclonal antibody, Serogroup O:28, Salmonella bacterial strains, immunochemical study, O-antigen (OPS), epitope O28
NCBI PubMed ID: 22092663Publication DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02431.xJournal NLM ID: 7705721Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
Correspondence: kumirska@ chem.univ.gda.pl
Institutions: Department of Molecular Microbiology and Serology, National Salmonella Centre, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
Methods: SDS-PAGE, ELISA, serological methods, periodate oxidation