Tee G L, Scott G K
Infect Immun. 1980 May;28(2):387-92. doi: 10.1128/iai.28.2.387-392.1980.
Escherichia coli ML308 225 in the early exponential phase of batch cultures was killed by human serum in a complement-dependent reaction. Under the same conditions, a mutant derived from this strain by multiple subcultures in human serum was resistant to killing by serum. The components of the outer membrane of both the parent and mutant strains were analyzed. The protein and phospholipid analyses were identical, but the mutant strain produced twice as much lipopolysaccharide as the parent strain. These results suggest that the extent of bacterial surface coverage by lipopolysaccharide determines the degree of sensitivity to serum.
在分批培养的指数生长期早期的大肠杆菌ML308 225,在补体依赖反应中被人血清杀死。在相同条件下,通过在人血清中多次传代从该菌株衍生的突变体对血清杀伤具有抗性。对亲本菌株和突变体菌株的外膜成分进行了分析。蛋白质和磷脂分析结果相同,但突变体菌株产生的脂多糖是亲本菌株的两倍。这些结果表明,脂多糖对细菌表面的覆盖程度决定了对血清的敏感程度。