PRELIMINARY STUDY ON SEROLOGY OF METARHIZIUM
绿僵菌属血清学的初步研究

Immunological studies of Metarhizium strains from different places and hosts were made by using immunoelectrophoresis and agglutination reaction. Antigens were conidium suspension and mycelium solution. Antisera were produced in rabbits from each of the 7 fungal strains. Each antigen was tested against the homo logous and heterologous antisera. The results of agglutination and the number of precipitin arcs obtained from immunoelectrophoresis were analyzed. These tests revealed numerous antigenic similarities between different strains of the same species. The grouping of strains obtained from immunoelectrophoretic data corresponds with that based on morphology.