On the Immunochemical and Biochemical Studies of Fungi

XI. Cross Reaction of the Polysaccharides of Aspergillus fumigatus, Candida albicans, Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Trichophyton rubrum against Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae antisera

Abstract

The nature of the cross reaction of the mycelial mannan of Trichophyton rubrum and galactomannan isolated from the culture medium of Aspergillus fumigatus with antisera of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Candida albicans is described. Cross-reactivity of polysaccharides of both T. rubrum and A. fumigates was weak with antisera of C. albicans and S. cerevisiae, but the galactomannan of A. fumigatus showed slightly stronger activity than the mannan of T. rubrum which possesses more closely related chemical structure of the mannans of S. cerevisiae and C. albicans.