The beta-glucosidase enzyme beta-glu2 isolated from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum was purified and used as tracer in enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. A novel purification procedure of the protein was developed that consists of ammonium sulphate precipitation, gel filtration on Sephacryl S-200-HR column, ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-Toyopearl and polybuffer exchanger PBE 94 TM chromatofocusing. The pI value was 4.45. K (m) and V-max values for the enzyme towards p-nitrophenyl-beta-D-glucopyranoside were respectively 0.45 mM and 0.2 U/mL. Thermal stability showed that beta-glu2 has a half-life of 85 min at 55 degrees C and of 25 min at 65 degrees C. beta-glu2 was conjugated to goat anti-rabbit antibodies with glutaraldehyde as cross linking agent according to the one-step method. Conjugates were purified by HPLC gel filtration on TSK 2000. Enzymatic and immunological activities of the beta-glucosidase conjugate component were tested by the ELISA method.