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U Neumann

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[Comparative studies of avian mycoplasmas by flat gel polyacrylamide electrophoresis (author's transl)].

The phenol-acetic-acid extraced cell proteins of Mycoplasma (M.) and Acholeplasma (A.) reference strains (PG31 (M. gallisepticum), PG 16 (M. gallinarum), PG30 (M iners), 17529 (M. meleagridis), WVU 1853 (M. synoviae), 1340 (M. anatis), PG8 and PG9 (A. laidlawii), CKK (Serovar C), DD (Serovar D), WR1 (Serogroup F), 695 (Serogroup I) and 694 (Serogroup L) were anlysed by the flat gel polyacrylamide electrophoresis. With exception of PG8 and PG9 the Coomassie Blue-stained protein patterns show that each of the strains produced reproducible characteristic electrophoretic pattern by which the reference strains could be differentiated. However, before the question could be answered whether the procedure described is suitable to replace the serological species differentiation of avian mycoplasmas, serological and electrophoretic studies of a relevant number of field strain are necessary.

Animals

Kinetic enzymatic method for automated determination of glucose in blood and serum.

Studies are reported on the reaction kinetics of the glucose assay according to Trinder which involves the specific oxidation of glucose by glucose oxidase and the determination of the hydrogen peroxide released by means of phenol and 4-aminophenazone in the presence of peroxidase. The results have been used to develop a general kinetic fixed-time method for the analysis of glucose in whole blood and serum. The single reagent method has been adapted to the ENI GEMSAEC centrifugal analyzer and to the Abbott ABA-100 analyzer. The procedures exhibited excellent precision and the results correlated well with those obtained by the hexokinase method, Linearity was achieved from 3 to 64 mmol/1 glucose for the GEMSAEC method, and from 3 to 33 mmol/1 glucose for the ABA-100 method. Reagent or sample blank corrections were not necessary. There were no interferences from various drugs, hemoglobin, bilirubin, or lipemia.

Autoanalysis

[Myxoma of the heart (author's transl)].

In every valvular defect of the heart and in particular of the mitral valve the existence of a tumour should be taken into consideration if diagnostic criteria are not evident. In this case the operation should not be delayed and performed in extracorporeal circulation.

Adult

[Polyacrylamid-gel-electrophoresis of Haemophilus proteins (author's transl)].

After phenol-acetic-acid extraction the following Haemophilus strains resp. their proteins were subjected the polyacrylamid-gel-electrophoresis in presence of 8 M urea: Strains of the serovar A of H. paragallinarum: 0083, 1516, 1598, 2213, 1645, 1646, Löhren, 2671, 1385, 758, 17756; strains of serovar B of H. paragallinarum: 0222, 2600, 733, 2028, 1596, 2026, 1676, 245, the S and R-form of 2403 as well as the strains 782 and 1655, which were not serotyped; strains of H. paravium sp. nova (HINZ: Inst. J. Syst. Bacteriol. in press): 1762, 62 (Serovar 1), 2654, 2659 (Serovar 2), 780 (Serovar 3), 94 (Serovar 4) and 1254, 0002, 0003, which were not serotyped. H. parainfluenzae (NCTC 4101) and H. parasuis were examined in the same way. The Coomassie Blue-stained protein patterns show that each of the strains tested developed its characteristic protein pattern, with exception of the S- and R-form of the strain 2403, which developed identical pattern. Interrelations between electrophoretic pattern and biological properties such as biochemical activities or pathogenicity could not be proved. However, the procedure described seems to be suitable for strain- or clon-identification on the subspecies level. The electrophoresis apparatus, which was made according to our instructions was less expensive than corresponding available equipments and proved to be usable for the polyacrylamid-gel-electrophoresis.

Bacterial Proteins