title: Structure of the Hafnia alvei strain PCM 1188 O-specific polysaccharide.
abstract: The lipopolysaccharide was extracted from cells of Hafnia alvei PCM 1188 strain and, after mild acid hydrolysis, the O-specific polysaccharide isolated and characterized. On the basis of sugar and methylation analysis, FAB mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy of the polysaccharide and oligosaccharides obtained after Smith degradation, or solvolysis with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, the repeating unit of the O-specific polysaccharide was shown to be the pentasaccharide: [formula: see text]
authors.affiliation: Polish Academy of Sciences, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gamian
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Katzenellenbogen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Romanowska
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: García Fernández
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ulrich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Defaye
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000032:analysis; D019081:O Antigens / Q000737:chemistry*; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000737:chemistry; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D009005:Monosaccharides; D019081:O Antigens; D009844:Oligosaccharides