Serotype
Serotype or serovar are distinct variations within a species of bacteria or virus or among immune cells of different individuals. These microorganisms, viruses, or cells are classified together based on their cell surface antigens, allowing the epidemiologic classification of organisms to the sub-species level. A group of serovars with common antigens is called a serogroup or sometimes serocomplex.
Serotyping often plays an essential role in determining species and subspecies. The Salmonella genus of bacteria, for example, has been determined to have over 2600 serotypes, including Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, S. enterica serovar Typhi, and S. enterica serovar Dublin.Vibrio cholerae, the species of bacteria that causes cholera, has over 200 serotypes, based on cell antigens. Only two of them have been observed to produce the potent enterotoxin that results in cholera: 0:1 and 0:139.
Serotypes were discovered by the American microbiologist Rebecca Lancefield in 1933.
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Everyway That I Can
by: SertabEveryway that I can
I feel you're moving on a different cause
Makin' a way for a distant course
You say you love me and you roll your eyes
Turn to stare at the empty skies
I thought it was over and we passed all that
All we've done is to pass back to frame number one
C'mon now now
I wanna show you all again what it would be like
Just let go and let me love you
Everyway that I can
I'll try to make you love me again
Everyway that I can
I'll give you all my love and then
Everyway that I can
I'll cry ; I'll die and make you mine again
Hold me closer oh so good
You make me feel just like I should
I know whatcha thinkin' uh-hu good
Now, the rest of the world is overruled
Tell me whatcha see in other girls all around
Come on closer and tell me whatcha don't find here
Come on now now
I wanna give you everything you've been missin' out
Just let go and let me love you
Everyway that I can
I'll try to make you love me again
Everyway that I can
I'll give you all my love and then
Everyway that I can
I'll cry ; I'll die and make you mine again
I'm in love with you
I'll do all you want me to
Make me wanna huh-huh
Make me wanna huh-huh
Nothing in the world
That could stop me no sir
No no no
Everyway that I can
I'll try to make you love me again
Everyway that I can
I'll give you all my love and then
Everyway that I can
I'll cry ; I'll die and make you mine again...