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Life Sciences
New life sciences data have been reported by researchers at Nippon Suisan Kaisha, Ltd.
December 3rd, 2008
According to recent research from Tokyo, Japan, "A surface agglutination/immobilization antigen was purified from the novel agglutination/immobilization serotype (serotype G37) of the ciliated protozoan Cryptocaryon irritans, a parasite seawater fishes. Serum from fish immunized with C. irritans theronts had agglutination/immobilization activity against theronts, in vitro." "However, fish and rabbit antisera raised against serotype G32 (reported previously) caused little agglutination/immobilization of serotype G37 theronts. Immunological analysis indicated that the 37 kDa theront surface membrane protein may be the agglutination/immobilization antigen of this serotype....
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-12-03)
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