“…Two subclusters could be detected in cluster III, one enclosing IG-2, IG-11 and IG-5 epitopes (subcluster Ilia) and the other (Illb) consisting of epitopes IG-1 and IG-14. Cluster VII possessed three subclusters: epitope IG- 17 contributed to the subcluster Vila, subcluster Vllb consisted of two epitopes -IG-15 and IG-12, the remaining epitopes IG-16 and IG-6 formed the subcluster Vila mAb specific for cluster I, cluster II and subcluster Ilia epitopes competed with S. aureus protein A (SpA) for IgG binding (All antibodies are IgGl, only CGH-12 -IgG2b). Antibodies IG-7, IG-11, IG-5 and SpA demonstrated symmetrical crossinhibition pattern, while CGH-4 and IG-2 did not.…”