Open AccessStructural and serological characterisation of an O‐specific polysaccharide from Serratia plymuthica
Author(s) -
Aucken Hazel M.,
Oxley David,
Wilkinson Stephen G.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1993.tb06401.x
Subject(s) - polysaccharide , serratia marcescens , microbiology and biotechnology , strain (injury) , chemistry , serology , biology , biochemistry , escherichia coli , antibody , genetics , anatomy , gene
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).