[Structure and antigenicity of the major glycolipid from opportunistic bacteria Rhodococcus equi]

B Szponar ¹ , H Mordarska

1. Zakład Immunologii Chorób Zakaźnych Instytutu Immunologii i Terapii DoświadczalnejPAN im. L. Hirszfelda we Wrocławiu.

Published:

GICID: 01.3001.0000.3107

Available language versions: en pl

Issue: Postepy Hig Med Dosw 1996; 50 (5)

Abstract

Some results from structural and immunological studies of the major glycolipid from Rhodococcus equi were presented. This glycolipid showed to be a glucosylmonomycolate (GMM) with an aliphatic chain C38. Its value as taxonomic and immunodiagnostic marker was discussed.