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Observations on the antigenic differences between the so-called SC and LC strains of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

G. R. Smith  and
Janet C. Oliphant
G. R. Smith
Affiliation:
Nuffield Laboratories of Comparative Medicine, Institute of Zoology, The Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY
Janet C. Oliphant
Affiliation:
Nuffield Laboratories of Comparative Medicine, Institute of Zoology, The Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London NW1 4RY
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The so-called SC (small colony) and LC (large colony) strains of Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides are said to be indistinguishable by the in vitro serological tests generally used in mycoplasmology. In mice the immunity given by a single dose of killed LC-strain vaccine against challenge with SC strains is – unlike that given by SC-strain vaccine – only partial.

When multiple doses of killed or living vaccines were given, the majority of 13 LC strains still failed to immunize completely against a SC strain. This suggests that, although some protective antigens are shared between both types of strain, at least one of importance is present in the SC strains but absent from the majority of LC strains. The difference between the protective-antigen content of SC and most LC strains is thus qualitative, and not merely quantitative.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 87 , Issue 3 , December 1981 , pp. 437 - 442
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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