Immunofluorescence of sulphate-reducing bacteria

✍ Scribed by Anthony D. Smith

• Book ID: 104764320
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 325 KB
• Volume: 133
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0302-8933
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00413523

✦ Synopsis

An indirect fluorescent antibody technique was used as a method of rapidly assessing and identifying sulphate-reducing bacteria. Five specific antisera and one polyvalent serum were raised and tested against 44 strains of the genera Desulfovibrio and Desulfotomaeulum along with 4 control organisms. Immunofluorescence was found to be mainly strain specific with the sulphate-reducing bacteria although weak fluorescence was seen both within and between recognised groups. A polyvalent antiserum was successfully used to detect sulphate-reducing bacteria. No interference from 4 control organisms was found.