title: Synthesis of a low-molecular-weight form of exopolysaccharide by Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110.
abstract: A novel extracellular low-molecular-weight polysaccharide was detected as a contaminant within extracellular cyclic beta-1,6-beta-1,3-glucan preparations from Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110 cultures. Compositional analysis, methylation analysis, and nuclear magnetic resonance analysis revealed that this low-molecular-weight polysaccharide was composed of the same pentasaccharide repeating unit previously described for the high-molecular-weight form of the exopolysaccharide (EPS) synthesized by B. japonicum strains. Mass spectrometry analysis indicated that the size of this low-molecular-weight form of EPS was consistent with a dimeric form of the pentasaccharide repeating unit.
authors.affiliation: Intercollege Graduate Program in Genetics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Louch
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D020369:Bradyrhizobium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008745:Methylation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial