Characterization and application of a murine monoclonal antibody that reacts specifically with the serogroup D1 Salmonella.

A murine hybridoma cell line that produces monoclonal antibody (mAb) against the serogroup D1 Salmonella lipopolysaccharide (LPS) antigen was established. The trisaccharide tyvelose alpha 1----3 mannose alpha 1----4 rhamnose was shown to be involved in the reactive epitope of the mAb since this mAb reacted strongly with strains of serogroup D1 Salmonella but not with Salmonella strains from the O serogroups of A, B, and D2, and sodium meta-periodate was found to destroy the reactivity of the serogroup D1 O-antigen with the mAb. As such this mAb was found to be a useful serotyping reagent for the identification of serogroup D1 Salmonella, and for the differentiation of strains of serogroups D1 and D2 Salmonella which have identical flagellar H antigens.