[Discovery of the relationship between carbohydrate determinants of mollicute glycocalyx and affinity of microorganisms, and conditions for their existence].
As a result of comparative analysis of interaction intensity of plant lectins, specific to certain monosaccharides with surface glycopolymers of philogenetically close groups of microorganisms--mollicutes and representatives of group Bacillus--Lactobacillus--Streptococcus the authors have established common features: availability of alpha- and beta-D-galactose, sialic acids, L-fucose, N-acetylglucosamine, alpha-N-acetyl-D-galactosamine and alpha-D-mannose in their glycocalyx, that is a phenotypical manifestation of genetic relations between these microorganisms. The dependence between the availability of sialic acids and L-fucose in the composition of terminal structures of microorganisms glycocalyx and their capacity to occupy certain ecological niches have been found out.
Korobkova
K S
KS
Institute of Microbiology and Virology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 154 Zabolotny St., Kyiv, 03143, Ukraine.
Onyshchenko
A M
AM
Skrypal'
I G
IG
D001407:Bacillus / Q000737:chemistry; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000737:chemistry*; D019276:Glycocalyx / Q000737:chemistry*; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000737:chemistry; D037102:Lectins / Q000737:chemistry; D009005:Monosaccharides / Q000032:analysis; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000737:chemistry; D008973:Tenericutes / Q000737:chemistry*
D002241:Carbohydrates; D037102:Lectins; D009005:Monosaccharides
Vyiavlennia zv'iazku mizh vuglevodnymy determinantamy glikokaliksu molikutiv i sporidnenykh z nymy mikroorganizmiv ta umovamy ïkh isnuvannia.