Title:

Immunochemical Relationships between Bacteria Belonging to Two Separate Families: Pneumococci and Klebsiella

Creator:

Heidelberger, Michael
Nimmich, Wolfgang

Date:

January 1976

Description:

In this article, Heidelberger and Wolfgang Nimmich, an expert on Klebsiella at the University of Rostock in East Germany, examined the cross-reactivity of antibodies to the bacterium Klebsiella with pneumococcal polysaccharide antigens. Klebsiella and pneumococcus are different species of bacteria in phylogenetic and evolutionary terms, but share immunological determinants (surface sites on antigens to which antibodies bind) that enable their respective antibodies to react with antigens of the other species. From such cross reactions, the focus of his experimental work during his last three decades, Heidelberger learned many details about the chemical composition of antigens and antibodies.

Periodical:

Immunochemistry

Publisher:

Pergamon Press, Inc.

Rights:

Reprinted from Immunochemistry, Vol. 13, Heidelberger, Michael, and Wolfgang Nimmich, "Immunochemical Relationships Between Bacteria Belonging to Two Separate Families: Pneumococci and Klebsiella," pp. 67-80, Copyright 1976 with permission from Elsevier. and http://www.sciencedirect.com/

Genre:

Articles

Subject:

Immunochemistry and Klebsiella

Format:

Text

Extent:

14 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Periodical. Heidelberger, Michael, and Wolfgang Nimmich. "Immunochemical Relationships between Bacteria Belonging to Two Separate Families: Pneumococci and Klebsiella." Immunochemistry 13, 1 (January 1976): 67-80. Article. 14 Images.. Immunochemistry

Legacy ID:

DHBBKX

NLM ID:

101584940X161

Profiles Collection:

The Michael Heidelberger Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X161

Story Section:

"If I Have a Few More Years to Work, I'm Going Ahead": An Active Retirement, 1954-1991