Structural studies of the main exopolysaccharide produced by the deep-sea bacterium Alteromonas infernus.
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].
Roger
Olivier
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Laboratoire de Biotechnologie des Molécules Marines, IFREMER, Département Valorisation des Produits, BP 21105, F-44311 Nantes, France.
Kervarec
Nelly
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Ratiskol
Jacqueline
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Colliec-Jouault
Sylvia
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Chevolot
Lionel
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D020591:Alteromonas / Q000378:metabolism*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015394:Molecular Structure; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial