Author:
Myhre E B,Holmberg O,Kronvall G
Abstract
The immunoglobulin G (IgG)-binding capacity of 54 group G streptococci of human and bovine origin was investigated. Of 20 human strains, 17 carried a surface component which could combine with human IgG and bovine IgG1 and IgG2. Inhibition experiments with unlabeled human IgG and with a panel of animal sera revealed that the same surface component was involved in the binding of human as well as bovine immunoglobulins. Of 16 beta-hemolytic bovine group G streptococci, 13 reacted with human IgG but not with bovine IgG1 or IgG2. This binding structure was different from the type III Fc reactivity found in human group G streptococci. All human strains, including the three IgG Fc-nonreactive strains, fermented trehalose, in contrast to all bovine beta-hemolytic strains, which were negative. Immunoglobulin Fc reactivity is thus a feature not only of human strains but also of some bovine strains.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Infectious Diseases,Immunology,Microbiology,Parasitology
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