Antigenic relationship between Mycobacterium paratuberculosis and Mycobacterium avium
1988
Camphausen, R.T. | Jones, R.L. | Brennan, P.J.
Four prototype strains of Mycobacterium paratuberculosis contained the type-specific glycopeptidolipid antigen of serovar 8 of the M avium complex. This glycolipid was distinguished by a 4,6-(1'-carboxyethylidene)-3-O-methyl-beta-D-glucopyranosyl terminal unit. Of 59 low-passage, field isolates of M paratuberculosis, 2 contained this antigen, and these 2 isolates were indistinguishable from M avium serovar 8. However, most M paratuberculosis isolates had no characteristic surface glycopeptidolipid. Seemingly, M paratuberculosis, long regarded as a single species and the causative agent of bovine paratuberculosis, is not a homogeneous taxon. Most isolates obtained from infected ruminants may be antigenically defective, variants ofM avium and, thereby, more successful pathogens.
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