Occurrence of a capsule in Aeromonas salmonicida |
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| Authors: | Antonieta Garrote Ramon Bonet Susana Merino Maria Dolors Simon-Pujol Francisco Congregado |
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| Institution: | Departamento de Microbiologia y Parasitologia Sanitarias, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain. |
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| Abstract: | Aeromonas salmonicida grown in a medium with excess glucose as carbon source produces both capsular and exocellular polysaccharides. The capsular polysaccharide is composed of glucose, mannose, rhamnose, N-acetylmannosamine and mannuronic acid in the molar ratios of approximately 5:3:0.75:2:1. The extracellular polysaccharide is similarly constituted, but in the molar ratios of approximately 4.75:10.5:1.5:2:1. The capsular and exocellular polysaccharides did not cross-react with monoclonal antibodies against the A-layer or the O-antigen lipopolysaccharide. |
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