Transfer of group A streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxin production to nontoxigenic strains of lysogenic conversion
| Autor: | Lane P. Johnson, Patrick M. Schlievert, Dennis W. Watson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
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Antiserum
Pyrogens Streptococcus pyogenes Toxin Bacterial Toxins Immunology Exotoxins Biology medicine.disease_cause Ouchterlony double immunodiffusion Microbiology Mitomycins Immunodiffusion Agar plate Infectious Diseases Lysogen Lysogenic cycle medicine Bacteriophages Parasitology Lysogeny Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Infection and Immunity. 28:254-257 |
| ISSN: | 1098-5522 0019-9567 |
| Popis: | Production of group A streptococcal pyrogenic exotoxins (SPE) type A and C was transferred from toxigenic streptococcal strains to nontoxigenic strains by lysogeny. Lysogens were tested for SPE with Ouchterlony immunodiffusion on Todd-Hewitt agar plates; toxin diffusing from isolated colonies reacted with specific hyperimmune antisera to SPE. Phage prepared from strains T25(3) (T12gl) and 3GL16, both yielding SPE type A, formed plaques on T25(3) (NONLYSOGENIC) lawns. Over 90% of the colonies picked from the plaque centers yielded A toxin, suggesting SPE type A was transferred by lysogenic conversion. SPE type C formation was transferred to nontoxigenic strains T25(3) and K56 with supernatant fluids from mitomycin C-induced cultures of CS112, producing SPE types B and C. All lysogens tested were positive for SPE type C, indicating that C toxin induction also was transferred by lysogenic conversion. SPE type B formation was not transferable by lysogeny with the strains tested. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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