1. Colony immunoblot assay for the detection of hemolysin BL enterotoxin producing Bacillus cereus.
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Moravek M, Wegscheider M, Schulz A, Dietrich R, Bürk C, and Märtlbauer E
- Subjects
- Antibodies, Monoclonal immunology, Antigens, Bacterial analysis, Antigens, Bacterial immunology, Bacterial Proteins biosynthesis, Bacterial Proteins immunology, Bacterial Toxins analysis, Bacterial Toxins immunology, Enterotoxins biosynthesis, Enterotoxins immunology, Hemolysin Proteins, Hemolysis, Bacillus cereus isolation & purification, Bacillus cereus metabolism, Bacterial Proteins analysis, Enterotoxins analysis, Immunoblotting methods
- Abstract
Bacillus cereus strains involved in food poisoning cases of the diarrheal type may produce two different enterotoxin complexes. To facilitate the identification of hemolysin BL-enterotoxin complex (HBL) and/or the nonhemolytic enterotoxin (NHE) producing colonies a colony immunoblot procedure was developed, which allows a fast and easy identification of the respective colonies from blood agar plates. The enterotoxins were transferred from the blood agar medium to a nitrocellulose membrane and the immobilized toxins were probed with monoclonal antibodies. The antibodies 2A3 and 1A8 allowed the specific detection of the B component of HBL and the nheA component of NHE. The assay enabled the reliable identification of HBL expressing colonies and differentiation from NHE producing but HBL negative colonies.
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- 2004
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