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Abstract

We have prepared murine hybridomas secreting monoclonal antibodies against the exopolysaccharide xanthan from pv. 646 after fusing NSO myeloma cells and spleen cells from BALB/c mice immunized with xanthan. Four hybridomas, secreting antibodies designated A6 (IgM), B3 (IgM), D1 (IgM), and D3 (IgG ) were selected for further studies. All antibodies reacted with a range of different xanthans. Competition studies using variants of the exopolysaccharide as competitors suggested that specificity was mainly against the side-chain. One of the antibodies (B3) appeared to require the fully acylated side-chain with the pyruvylated terminal mannose as the immunodominant part. The three others were assumed to be directed against the nonsubstituted trisaccharide with the inner mannose-glucuronic acid being immunodominant. None of the antibodies reacted with cellulose (the xanthan backbone). Using immunoblotting techniques on nitrocellulose paper both a mixture of monoclonal antibodies, and also polyclonal ascitic fluid, could detect xanthan quantities of approximately 0·1 μg.

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