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CHEMOTYPES OF VEILLONELLA LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES
Author(s) -
HOFSTAD TOR
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0304-131X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1978.tb00007.x
Subject(s) - veillonella , heptose , galactosamine , chemotype , chemistry , glucosamine , rhamnose , biochemistry , amino sugar , sugar , aminosugar , galactose , chromatography , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , mutant , gene , genetics , streptococcus , essential oil
Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) were isolated by phenol‐water extraction from 34 strains of Veillonella. and examined by paper chromatography and colorimetric methods for the presence of neutral sugars, amino sugars and 2‐keto‐3‐deoxy‐octonate (KDO). Several preparations were also examined for neutral sugars by gas liquid chromatography. The LPS had in common glucosamine, galactosamine. L‐ glycero ‐D‐ manno ‐heptose, glucose and KDO, Most LPS contained galactose, and a few rhamnose. D‐ glycero ‐D‐ manno ‐heptose was found in LPS from one of the strains. Based on the sugar composition of the LPS, the Veillonella strains could be classified into four chemotypes.