title: Structural and serological characterisation of an O-specific polysaccharide from Serratia plymuthica.
abstract: The surface polysaccharides of a strain of Serratia plymuthica were characterised and shown to consist of a linear, acidic galactoglucomannan as well as a major and a minor neutral galactan. Immunoblotting results demonstrated cross-reactions between this strain and others with similar galactans (S. marcescens O16 and O20, Klebsiella O1, and Pasteurella haemolytica T4 and T10).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Hospital Infection, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Aucken
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oxley
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D003429:Cross Reactions; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019081:O Antigens; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D012705:Serratia / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000276:immunology; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D019081:O Antigens; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial