Comparative antigenic studies of species of Basidiobolus and other medically important fungi

B G Yangco, A Nettlow, J I Okafor, J Park, D Te Strake
1986 Journal of Clinical Microbiology  
An immunodjiffusion technique was used to evaluate the antigenic relationship of various pathogenic and saprobic Basidiobolus spp., Conidiobolus spp., isolates of the order Mucorales, and several other medically important nonzygomycetous fungi. The antiserum to Basidiobolus haptosporus shared two lines of identity, designated inner (N) and outer (Y), when tested against exoantigens of known strains of B. haptosporus and Basidiobolus ranarum as well as exoantigens of a human Nigerian isolate and
more » ... several wild isolates tentatively identified in B. ranarum. Both bands were heat stable at 56TC for 30 min. Exoantigens of strains of Basidiobolus
doi:10.1128/jcm.23.4.679-682.1986 fatcat:wzsdlji4mvanrhiiosolvcjfbi