title: Structures of neutral glycans isolated from the lipopolysaccharides of reference strains for Serratia marcescens serogroups O16 and O20.
abstract: Neutral polymers have been isolated from the lipopolysaccharides of the reference strains for Serratia marcescens O16 and O20, serogroups which exhibit significant cross-reactivity. Both organisms produce a galactan with the disaccharide repeating-unit shown, and which apparently accounts for the serological observations. The same galactan has also been reported as the O4-specific polysaccharide of Pasteurella haemolytica. In S. marcescens O16, the galactan is apparently accompanied by a polymer of 2-substituted beta-D-ribofuranosyl residues.
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, The University, Hull, Great Britain.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oxley
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D005685:Galactans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005685:Galactans; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides