Polyclonal chicken IgY anti-Gb3Cer and anti-Gb4Cer antibodies with previously described specificities [42 (link),74 (link),75 (link)] and a monoclonal rat IgM anti-Forssman GSL antibody (clone IIC2), produced by Bethke and co-workers [41 (link)] and described as a highly specific tool for the detection of Forssman GSL [25 (link),38 (link),76 (link)], were employed for TLC overlay assays. Stx2e-containing supernatant of STEC strain S123G of serotype O139:K82 was used as previously described [25 (link)]. Mouse anti-Stx2 antibody (clone VT 135/6-B9, 2.75 mg/mL) was purchased from SIFIN GmbH (Berlin, Germany). Secondary alkaline phosphatase (AP)-conjugated affinity-purified polyclonal rabbit anti-chicken IgY (code 303-055-033), goat anti-rat IgG + IgM (code 112-055-044) and goat anti-mouse IgG (code 115-055-003) antibodies were from Dianova (Hamburg, Germany).
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