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Sugar Composition of the Polysaccharide Portion of Lipopolysaccharides of Vibrio fluvialis, Vibrio vulnificus , and Vibrio mimicus
Author(s) -
Iguchi Takehiro,
Kondo Seiichi,
Hisatsune Kazuhito
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1989.tb00969.x
Subject(s) - vibrio vulnificus , vibrio cholerae , chemotype , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , sugar , polysaccharide , vibrionaceae , vibrio , composition (language) , bacteria , food science , biochemistry , linguistics , genetics , philosophy , essential oil
A chemotaxonomic study was carried out on Vibrio fluvialis and V. vulnificus on the basis of the sugar composition of the polysaccharide portion of their lipopolysaccharides (LPS). A previously developed rapid method of preparing samples for compositional sugar analysis was employed. Nineteen O‐serogroups of V. fluvialis were divided into 14 chemotypes while seven O‐serogroups of V. vulnificus were divided also into seven chemotypes since the polysaccharide portion of LPS of each serogroup has a different sugar composition from that of the other serogroups. Close similarities in the sugar composition of the same portion were demonstrated between serologically cross‐reacting non‐O1 group V. cholerae and V. fluvialis , and non‐O1 V. cholerae and V. mimicus .