title: Structural studies of the extracellular polysaccharide produced by Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens strain H10b.
abstract: The extracellular polysaccharide produced by Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens strain H10b, when grown under strictly anaerobic conditions with glucose as carbohydrate source, has been studied by chemical and spectroscopic techniques. The results demonstrate that the polysaccharide consists of hexasaccharide repeating units with the following structure: [structure: see text] The isolated polysaccharide was found to be approximately 65% acetylated at O-2 of the 3-O-[(S)-1-carboxyethyl]-beta-D-Glcp residue. The absolute configuration of the 1-carboxyethyl groups was determined by circular dichroism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7015, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Cotta
authors.forename: Lennart
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kenne
mesh_terms: D045856:Butyrivibrio / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial