This product is specific for E. coli J5 LPS. The J5 mutant of E. coli lacks the enzyme uridine diphosphate glucose 4-epimerase and therefore produces an incomplete LPS, deficient in galactose and all the sugars distal to the central polymers. The J5 mutant has no O-specific chains and its endotoxin remains as the core LPS containing lipid A, N acetyl glucosamine, 2-keto-3-deoxyoctonate, heptose and glucose (a composition similar to that of the Rc strains of Salmonella). This product has also been found to react with K. pneumoniae, S. sonnei and S. typhimurium.

E. coli J5 LPS

Phosphate buffered saline