Genetic Diversity of O-Antigens in Hafnia alvei and the Development of a Suspension Array for Serotype Detection.

Hafnia alvei is a facultative and rod-shaped gram-negative bacterium that belongs to the Enterobacteriaceae family. Although it has been more than 50 years since the genus was identified, very little is known about variations among Hafnia species. Diversity in O-antigens (O-polysaccharide, OPS) is t...

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Main Authors: Zhifeng Duan, Tomasz Niedziela, Czeslaw Lugowski, Boyang Cao, Tianwei Wang, Lingling Xu, Baopeng Yang, Bin Liu, Lei Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4869667?pdf=render