title: Serological cross-reactivity among Sporothrix schenckii, Ceratocystis, Europhium, and Graphium species.
abstract: Ethanol-precipitable culture filtrate antigens of 100 strains of 75 species of the Sporothrix-Ceratocystis-Europhium-Graphium complex and 1 species of Botrytis were examined for neutral sugar components and for serological cross-reactivity with S. schenckii rabbit antiserum and human sporotrichosis sera by capillary precipitin and double immunodiffusion assay. Results revealed that cross-reactive species (60 of 77, ca. 80%) produced exoconidial forms and rhamnose- and mannose-containing polysaccharides and included Ceratocystis, the three known Europhium, and several Graphium-form species. Endoconidial-form Ceratocystis species did not cross-react.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006801:Humans; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D008358:Mannose; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011817:Rabbits; D012210:Rhamnose; D013175:Sporothrix / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D008358:Mannose; D012210:Rhamnose