title: Comparison of glycoproteins from ten human Mycoplasma species.
abstract: Multiple bands of glycoprotein, rare in procaryotes, were detected in ten human Mycoplasma species by staining with periodic acid-Schiff (PAS) reagent after sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). A major contaminant formed in Hayflick medium (H medium), corresponding to an apparent molecular weight of about 80 kD, was eliminated by using the organisms grown in PPLO broth supplemented with PPLO serum fraction (P medium), except that M. genitalium and M. pneumoniae were grown in H medium as monolayers on the glass surface. The comparison of glycoproteins among ten human Mycoplasma species indicated that their profiles were shown to be species-specific. However, those of M. buccale and M. faucium were very similar, and M. pneumoniae and M. genitalium seemed to be related.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Bacteriology, Nagasaki University School of Dentistry, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000128:Acholeplasma laidlawii / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003470:Culture Media; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016858:Mycoplasma fermentans / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013045:Species Specificity; D016990:Ureaplasma urealyticum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D006023:Glycoproteins