Structural and serological characterisation of an O-specific polysaccharide from Serratia plymuthica |
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| Authors: | Hazel M Aucken David Oxley Stephen G Wilkinson |
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| Institution: | Laboratory of Hospital Infection, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK; School of Chemistry, University of Hull, Hull, UK |
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| Abstract: | Abstract The surface polysaccharides of a strain of Serratia plymuthica were characterised and shown to consist of a linear, acidic galactoglucomannan as well as a major and a minor neutral galactan. Immunoblotting results demonstrated cross-reactions between this strain and others with similar galactans ( S. marcescens O16 and O20, Klebsiella O1, and Pasteurella haemolytica T4 and T10). |
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| Keywords: | Serratia plymuthica Lipopolysaccharide O Antigen Galactans |
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