Abstract:[Objective]There are one-way or two-way cross-reactions among Streptococcus suis serotype 1,2,1/2 and 14,the reason to which was unknown. [Methods] The capsular polysaccharides of serotype 14 and 1/2 were purified on Sephacryl S-300 column and identified by phenol-sulphuric acid method and dot-ELISA.The molecular weight of the serotype 14 and 1/2 capsular polysaccharides was revealed as 487.38 kDa and 512. 72 kDa by high performance gel permeation chromatography,respectively.[Results]The monosaccharide composition of serotype 14 and 1/2 capsular polysaccharides was determined as Glc/Gal/GlcNAc/Rha/Neu5Ac (1:2.94:1.35:0.24:0.37) and Glc/Gal/GlcNAc/GalNAc/Rha/Neu5Ac (1:1.67:1.05:0.93:0.72:0.7)by pre-column derivatization high performance liquid chromatography,fluorescent labeling HPLC and NMR,respectively.These were compared with the composition of serotype 1 and 2 capsular polysaccharides.Glc,GlcN,Gal and Neu5Ac was contained in the capsular polysaccharides of serotype 1,2 14 and 1/2.But there is no prominent correlation between the monosaccharide composition and crossreactions.The cross-reactions among them could be induced by the structure of the capsular polysaccharides and/or the other components on the cell wall.