Polysaccharide and glycolipid composition in Tritrichomonas foetus.
1. The polysaccharide and glycolipid composition in Tritrichomonas foetus was studied by paper, thin-layer and gas-liquid chromatographic analysis. 2. The carbohydrate components of the polysaccharide were glucose (47%), galactose (34%) and mannose (19%). N-acetylneuraminic acid was the sialic acid derivative characterized in the flagellate whole cells. 3. The sialic acid density was estimated as 2.7 x 10(7) residues/cell. 4. The long-chain base dihydrosphingosine, the carbohydrates galactose (67%), glucose (21%) and mannose (12%) as well as the fatty acids myristic (48%) and palmitic (52%) acids were characterized as components of the total glycolipids of T. foetus. 5. Total glycolipids were fractionated: a galactocerebroside and a ganglioside were identified.
Dias Filho
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Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Alviano
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CS
de Souza
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Angluster
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D000818:Animals; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000032:analysis*; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000032:analysis*; D012794:Sialic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D014318:Tritrichomonas / Q000032:analysis*
D005227:Fatty Acids; D006017:Glycolipids; D011134:Polysaccharides; D012794:Sialic Acids; D019158:N-Acetylneuraminic Acid