title: Occurrence of a capsule in Aeromonas salmonicida.
abstract: Aeromonas salmonicida grown in a medium with excess glucose as carbon source produces both capsular and exocellular polysaccharides. The capsular polysaccharide is composed of glucose, mannose, rhamnose, N-acetylmannosamine and mannuronic acid in the molar ratios of approximately 5:3:0.75:2:1. The extracellular polysaccharide is similarly constituted, but in the molar ratios of approximately 4.75:10.5:1.5:2:1. The capsular and exocellular polysaccharides did not cross-react with monoclonal antibodies against the A-layer or the O-antigen lipopolysaccharide.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia y Parasitologia Sanitarias, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garrote
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bonet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Merino
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Simon-Pujol
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Congregado
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial