title: Structural studies of the main exopolysaccharide produced by the deep-sea bacterium Alteromonas infernus.
abstract: The structure of the extracellular polysaccharide produced by the mesophilic species, Alteromonas infernus, found in deep-sea hydrothermal vents and grown under laboratory conditions, has been investigated using partial depolymerization, methylation analysis, mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. The repeating units of this polysaccharide is a nonasaccharide with the following structure: [carbohydrate: see text].
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Biotechnologie des Molécules Marines, IFREMER, Département Valorisation des Produits, BP 21105, F-44311 Nantes, France.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Roger
authors.forename: Nelly
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kervarec
authors.forename: Jacqueline
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ratiskol
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Colliec-Jouault
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chevolot
mesh_terms: D020591:Alteromonas / Q000378:metabolism*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial