Klebsiella aerogenes K15 Monoclonal Antibody (ZX3.1), Invitrogen™

Descrizione

This antibody reacts with Klebsiella aerogenes serotype 15.

Klebsiella are non-motile, rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria that possess a prominent polysaccharide capsule. Some of these bacteria produce an extracellular toxic complex that has been shown to be "e;lethal for and produce extensive lung pathology in mice"e;. It is composed of 63% capsular polysaccharide, 30% lipopolysaccharide, and 7% protein; when introduced to experimental animals in sublethal doses, the animals built up immunization due to antibody production. Klebsiella pneumoniae is one of the most common Gram-negative bacteria seen by physicians worldwide. Pneumonias that are caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae are difficult to control; mortality rates have even been reported as up to 50% after antibiotic treatment. Nitrogen metabolism in Klebsiella aerogenes has also been studied throroughly.