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Abstract

An IgM mouse monoclonal antibody (McAb) Bf4 was produced to a surface polysaccharide of NCTC 9343. Immunoblotting showed that McAb Bf4 reacted strongly with a high molecular mass structure which was sensitive to oxidation with periodate but resisted protease treatment. An inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) indicated that McAb Bf4 did not cross react with the sixteen species and strains tested. Cells of NCTC 9343 recovered from the various interfaces of a Percoll discontinuous density gradient were tested in the inhibition ELISA. Bacteria from the 0–20 %, 20–40 % and 40–60 % interfaces inhibited the ELISA; however, cells from the 60–80 % interface did not. Electron microscopy with immunogold labelling showed that McAb Bf4 did not react with the extracellular fibrous network on bacteria recovered from the 0–20 % interface, or the extracellular electron dense layer on cells from the 60–80 % interface; however, it was associated with a surface structure on cells from the 20–40 % interface. Growth did not enrich for bacteria with this structure.

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