[Protein and antigenic spectrum of different species of yeasts of the genus Candida].

The methods of electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel, immunoelectrophoresis and immunoprecipitation were applied to the study of the protein and antigenic spectra of different species of Candida yeasts. It was revealed that for the majority of the yeast species the prevalence of proteins of definite fractions was characteristic. C. albincans displayed a marked (in comparison with the nonpathogenic species) content of proteins of proteins of group b. The most pronounced antigenic properties in C. albicans and C. tropicalis were possessed by the proteins of the basic character. C. albicans and C. tropicalis yeasts were characterized by similar antigenic spectra, whereas the C. crusei species showed the least affinity with the C. albicans.