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1. (Article ID: 852)
 
Knirel YA, Senchenkova SN, Jansson P, Weintraub A, Ansaruzzaman M, Albert MJ
Structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of an Aeromonas trota strain cross-reactive with Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal
European Journal of Biochemistry 238 (1996) 160-165
 

The O-specific polysaccharide of an Aeromonas trota strain was isolated by hydrolysis of the lipopolysaccharide at pH 4.5 followed by gel-permeation chromatography and found to consist of hexasaccharide repeating units containing D-galactose, L-rhamnose, 3,6-dideoxy-L-xylo-hexose (colitose, Col), 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose and 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-galactose in the ratios 1:1:2:1:1. Partial hydrolysis of the polysaccharide with 48% hydrofluoric acid resulted in selective removal of colitose to give a modified polysaccharide containing the other four sugar constituents. On the basis of methylation analysis and NMR spectroscopic studies of the initial and modified, colitose-free polysaccharide, it was concluded that the repeating unit of the O-specific polysaccharide has the following structure [sequence: see text] The known cross-reactivity between the strain studied and Vibrio cholerae O139 Bengal is substantiated by the presence of a common colitose-containing epitope shared by the O-specific polysaccharide of A. trota and the capsular polysaccharide of V. cholerae, which is thought to carry determinants of O-specificity.

Lipopolysaccharide, LPS, structure, strain, polysaccharide, O-specific, O-specific polysaccharide, methylation, Vibrio, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio cholerae O139, cross-reactive, Aeromonas, Aeromonas trota

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2. (Article ID: 4359)
 
Nazarenko EL, Crawford RJ, Ivanova EP
The structural diversity of carbohydrate antigens of selected Gram-negative marine bacteria
Marine Drugs 9(10) (2011) 1914-1954
 

Marine microorganisms have evolved for millions of years to survive in the environments characterized by one or more extreme physical or chemical parameters, e.g., high pressure, low temperature or high salinity. Marine bacteria have the ability to produce a range of biologically active molecules, such as antibiotics, toxins and antitoxins, antitumor and antimicrobial agents, and as a result, they have been a topic of research interest for many years. Among these biologically active molecules, the carbohydrate antigens, lipopolysaccharides (LPSs, O-antigens) found in cell walls of gram-negative marine bacteria, show great potential as candidates in the development of drugs to prevent septic shock due to their low virulence. The structural diversity of LPSs is thought to be a reflection of the ability for these bacteria to adapt to an array of habitats, protecting the cell from being compromised by exposure to harsh environmental stress factors. Over the last few years, the variety of structures of core oligosaccharides and O-specific polysaccharides from LPSs of marine microrganisms has been discovered. In this review, we discuss the most recently encountered structures that have been identified from bacteria belonging to the genera Aeromonas, Alteromonas, Idiomarina, Microbulbifer, Pseudoalteromonas, Plesiomonas and Shewanella of the Gammaproteobacteria phylum; Sulfitobacter and Loktanella of the Alphaproteobacteria phylum and to the genera Arenibacter, Cellulophaga, Chryseobacterium, Flavobacterium, Flexibacter of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides phylum. Particular attention is paid to the particular chemical features of the LPSs, such as the monosaccharide type, non-sugar substituents and phosphate groups, together with some of the typifying traits of LPSs obtained from marine bacteria. A possible correlation is then made between such features and the environmental adaptations undertaken by marine bacteria.

O-specific polysaccharides, carbohydrate antigens, marine microorganisms

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