IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE ANTIGENS DETECTED BY 2 COMMERCIAL BACILLUS-CEREUS DIARRHEAL ENTEROTOXIN IMMUNOASSAY KITS

Authors
BEECHER DJ WONG ACL
Citation
Dj. Beecher et Acl. Wong, IDENTIFICATION AND ANALYSIS OF THE ANTIGENS DETECTED BY 2 COMMERCIAL BACILLUS-CEREUS DIARRHEAL ENTEROTOXIN IMMUNOASSAY KITS, Applied and environmental microbiology, 60(12), 1994, pp. 4614-4616
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
60
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
4614 - 4616
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1994)60:12<4614:IAAOTA>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The usefulness of two commercial immunoassays for the detection of dia rrheal enterotoxin of Bacillus cereus is unclear because the identity of the enterotoxin(s) has not been proven and the kits detect differen t proteins. We found that the Bacillus cereus Enterotoxin-Reversed Pas sive Latex Agglutination kit (Oxoid) detects the L(2) component from h emolysin BL, and the Bacillus Diarrhoeal Enterotoxin Visual Immunoassa y (Tecra) detects two apparently nontoxic proteins.