title: Identification of a capsular polysaccharide from Moraxella bovis.
abstract: The bacterium Moraxella bovis is the causative agent of an economically important disease of cattle: Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis (IBK), otherwise known as pinkeye. Little is known regarding the structure of the carbohydrates produced by M. bovis. The structure of a capsular polysaccharide from M. bovis (strain Mb25) has been determined using NMR and MS analysis. From these data it is concluded that the polysaccharide is composed of the unmodified chondroitin disaccharide repeat unit.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4215, Australia.
authors.forename: Jennifer C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Paul G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Hitchen
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: Ian R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Peak
authors.forename: Patrick M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Howard R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dell
authors.forename: I Darren
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Grice
mesh_terms: D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000737:chemistry*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D016955:Moraxella bovis / Q000737:chemistry*; D019906:Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial