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Identification of Escherichia coli serotype O157 strains by using a monoclonal antibody.

Division of Biological Sciences, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT

The O157 antigenic determinant of Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7, an important bacterial pathogen, resides in the polysaccharide portion of its cellular lipopolysaccharide component which, from structural studies, was identified as a linear polymer of a repeating tetrasaccharide unit composed of D-glucose, L-fucose, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-galactose, and 4-acetamido-4,6-dideoxy-D-mannose residues (1:1:1:1). Hybrid cells producing monoclonal antibodies against the E. coli O157 antigen were obtained by fusion of myeloma cells with lymphocytes from BALB/c mice immunized with killed E. coli O157:117 cells. Clones were selected for binding specificity with purified O polysaccharide. One monoclonal antibody used in direct slide agglutinations or in coagglutination reactions with Staphylococcus aureus Cowan 1 cells sensitized with the affinity column-purified antibody accurately detected all strains of E. coli O157 tested. This selected monoclonal antibody did not agglutinate E. coli strains such as E. coli O7 and E. coli O116 or other bacteria which are known to give positive agglutinations with conventional polyclonal E. coli antisera. These results indicate that the monoclonal antibody is a superior specific-typing reagent.

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