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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1972 May; 23(5): 966-971
Copyright © 1972 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Antigenic Relationships Among Strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Division of Microbiology, Food and Drug Administration, Cincinnati, Ohio 45226

ABSTRACT

The antigenic relationships of 79 strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus representing 46 assigned K-types were studied by tube agglutination. Homologous titers of 46 anti-K sera ranged from 80 to 2,560. All but three sera exhibited from one to six heterologous reactions, the majority of which gave titers of 20, but 19 sera showed cross-reactions whose titers exceeded 40. Nine reciprocal and 16 unilateral relationships were described. Some of the cross-reactions involved heat-extractable K-antigens, as determined by absorption with nonheated and heated heterologous antigens, whereas others did not involve K-antigens since absorption with the heterologous antigens had no effect on the homologous systems. On the basis of the reactions of selected antisera to the O-antigens of some of the K-strains, the cross-reactions could not be explained solely on the basis of O-specificities.