| Literature DB >> 7836323 |
L M Preston1, Q Xu, J A Johnson, A Joseph, D R Maneval, K Husain, G P Reddy, C A Bush, J G Morris.
Abstract
Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal has recently been identified as a cause of epidemic cholera in Asia. In contrast to V. cholerae O1, V. cholerae O139 Bengal has a polysaccharide capsule. As determined by high-performance anion-exchange chromatography and 1H nuclear magnetic resonance analysis, the capsular polysaccharide of V. cholerae O139 Bengal strain Al1837 has six residues in the repeating subunit; this includes one residue each of N-acetylglucosamine, N-acetylquinovosamine (QuiNAc), galacturonic acid (GalA), and galactose and two residues of 3,6-dideoxyxylohexose (Xylhex). The proposed structure is [formula: see text]Entities:
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Year: 1995 PMID: 7836323 PMCID: PMC176667 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.3.835-838.1995
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490