Characterization of Common Antigens in Different Strains of Pseudomonas solanacearum and their Possible Hosts

Hemagglutinating activity in phytopathogenic bacteria surface compounds

“…The importance of surface structures in phytopathogenic bacteria is well known. They contain antigenic substances that crossreact with specific antibodies raised against structures of their hosts (DE VAY et al 1967, SERRA andTEJERINA 1978a), as well as other substances capable of inducing the synthesis of phytoalexins in incompatible hosts (CALLOW 1977). The function of bacterial extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) and lipopolysaccharides (LPS) has also been intensively studied because of their role in the mechanism of infection (EL-BANOBY and RUDOLPH 1979, WHATLEY et aZ.…”