ANTIGENIC ANALYSIS OF CELL STRUCTURES ISOLATED FROMBACILLUS MEGATERIUM

Abstract

One of the striking advances of modern bacterial cytology has been the development of methods for the isolation and purification of the major structural components of the bacterial cell. These methods have been used with notable success in characterizing nmuch of the physical,

The “Palmelloid” State in a Blue‐green Alga, Anabaena Sp. I. Preliminary Report

“…However, in Bacillus anthracis, B. subtilis, B. megaterium, and B. Iicheniiormis a polypeptide composed of D (-) glutamyl moieties is the major constituent (Thorne et aI., 1954;Vennes and Gerhardt, 1959;Utsumi et aI., 1961;McCuen and Thorne, 1971 ) . Whether polysaccharide or polypeptide, these substances are the predominant or more readily demonstrated substances, not the sole capsular constituents.…”

ANTIGENICITY OF SOMEBRUCELLA MELITENSISCELL FRACTIONS

“…Competent interpretation of the variety of serum antibodies and their titers requires knowledge of the nature of the antigenic constituents of an invading organism, their immunological potentialities, and their location in the cell. A variety of organisms has already, been the subject of such studies, with particular emphasis on the bacterial cell wall (Salton, 1961;Vennes and Gerhardt, 1959;Tomscik, 1956).…”

ANTIGENIC STRUCTURE AND SEROLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS OF MYCOBACTERIUM, ACTINOMYCES, STREPTOCOCCUS , AND DIPLOCOCCUS

“…These investigations supply further evidence that species and type specificity are defined by certain components of the cell wall, whereas the constituents of cytoplasm bear common antigenic and serological characteristics. Thus, the cell-wall antigens alone may be expected to provide materials and means for the serological and chemical differentiation between various microorganisms, a conclusion which may also be reached from the investigations of Cummins and Harris (1956), Baumann-Grace and Tomesik (1957), and Vennes and Gerhardt (1959).…”