FIG. 2.

Effect of linked exogenous β-glucan on the kinetics of C3 deposition on B. dermatitidis yeast cells of glucan-deficient mutant strain 60916. The kinetics were assessed in an assay mixture containing 40% NHS that permitted both the classical and alternative complement pathways for wild-type strain 26199 (●), mutant yeast with a linker and β-glucan (▴), mutant yeast with the linker alone (▵), and untreated mutant yeast (▪). Results are expressed as the mean ± the standard error of the mean of three experiments.