Isolation of a new amino sugar from Chromobacterium violaceum.
Smith, E. J. (Duke University, Durham, N.C.), J. M. Leatherwood, and R. W. Wheat. Isolation of a new amino sugar from Chromobacterium violaceum. J. Bacteriol. 84:1007-1010. 1962.-An investigation of the amino sugars and reducing compounds of a lipopolysaccharide of Chromobacterium violaceum revealed the presence of a previously unreported cationic reducing compound. Evidence indicates that the compound is a 6-deoxyhexosamine with an amino group at other than the C-2 position.
D002861:Chromobacterium; D006595:Hexosamines; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides
D006595:Hexosamines; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides
CHROMOBACTERIUM; HEXOSAMINES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES