Identification of a capsular polysaccharide from Moraxella bovis.
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.
Wilson
Jennifer C
JC
Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, QLD 4215, Australia.
Hitchen
Paul G
PG
Frank
Martin
M
Peak
Ian R
IR
Collins
Patrick M
PM
Morris
Howard R
HR
Dell
Anne
A
Grice
I Darren
ID
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*
D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial