Abstract
A new red cell sensitizing antigen (called antigen `44') has been found in streptococci of Lancefield groups, D, F, H, K, M and Q and in many viridans streptococci, but only in strains producing the Hickey (polyglycerophosphate) antigen. It possibly occurs as a determinant of a complex of which the Hickey antigen is also a part. Both antigens are released in large amounts into the culture medium but are present also in the cell wall, in which they may constitute a `filler' material.
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