title: Lipopolysaccharides from three phytopathogenic pseudomonads.
abstract: Analysis of the polysaccharide and lipid moieties of the lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) of the phytopathogenic bacteria, Pseudomonas amygdali and P. syringae pv. ciccaronei has demonstrated that for both bacteria, the O-chain consists of a tetrasaccharide repeating unit of three alpha-L-Rhap and one terminal nonreducing alpha-D-Fucp3NAc. Two of the rhamnosyl residues are 3-linked, the third one 2,3-linked. This structure had been previously found for the O-chains of three phytopathogenic strains of P. syringae subsp. savastanoi, but this is the first report on its occurrence in P. amygdali and P. syringae pv. ciccaronei. The results of the LPS lipid residue analysis made it possible to make some chemotaxonomic considerations and therefore classify P. amygdali as a chemotype, which is different from that of the other two bacteria examined.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biologica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Corsaro
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Castro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Evidente
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lanzetta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: La Vermicocca
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Molinaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sisto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parrilli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Surico
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000032:analysis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides