title: Amylooligosaccharides from Mycobacterium smegmatis.
abstract: In early stationary phase of growth, Mycobacterium smegmatis cultures accumulate amylooligosaccharides (alpha 1 leads to 4-glucooligosaccharides) up to the undecasaccharide. Although M. smegmatis also makes an acylated polymethylpolysaccharide that is predominantly and alpha 1 leads to 4-glucan, we conclude that these oligosaccharides are precursors of glycogen rather than lopopolysaccharide.
mesh_terms: D000681:Amylases / Q000494:pharmacology; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D000681:Amylases