Selective interaction of a Fucus vesiculosus lectin-like mucopolysaccharide with several Candida species.
A complex carbohydrate specific lectin-like mucopolysaccharide extracted from the brown alga Fucus vesiculosus was found to agglutinate Candida guilliermondii cells but not those of other species of the same genus (except for a weak agglutination with C. krusei). The selective binding of this mucopolysaccharide correspondingly affected the growth of the yeasts. The results suggest that there are notable differences--at least with respect to the receptors for the F. vesiculosus mucopolysaccharide--between C. guilliermondii, C. krusei and the other Candida species.
D000371:Agglutination; D002175:Candida / Q000378:metabolism*; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000032:analysis*; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000494:pharmacology*; D037102:Lectins; D000459:Phaeophyceae / Q000032:analysis*
D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D037102:Lectins