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serotype
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serotype /se·ro·type/ (sēr´o-tīp) the type of a microorganism determined by its constituent antigens; a taxonomic subdivision based thereon.
se·ro·type (sîr-tp, sr-)
n.
See serovar.
v.
To classify according to serovar; assign to a particular serovar.

Serotype
Microorganisms differing in the type of surface antigens.

serotype [se´ro-tīp]
the type of a microorganism determined by its constituent antigens, or a taxonomic subdivision based thereon.

serotype
the type of a microorganism determined by its constituent antigens based on one of several different antibody-antigen reactions, or a taxonomic subdivision based thereon.


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Serotyping was performed by the collecting laboratories, except for isolates from Taiwan, which were serotyped by the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Most of the Salmonella isolates were serotyped according to the Kaufmann-White Scheme (Popoff and LeMinor, 1997) at the Laboratory of Enteric Pathogens, Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil, with a set of somatic and flagellar monovalent antisera against cell wall and flagellar antigens.
 
 
 
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