title: Short Communication: Lipopolysaccharide composition of Desulfovibrio cell wall.
abstract: The lipopolysaccharide of the sulphate-reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio desulfuricans was analysed by GC, combined either with flame-ionization detection or with MS, and by standard chemical tests. The major sugar of the polysaccharide portion of the macromolecule was glucose (56%). Low amounts of mannose, galactose, rhamnose and amino sugar were also found. Six fatty acids were identified in the lipid A fraction: 9-octadecenoic, tetracosenoic, heptadecenoic, 10-octadecenoic, eicosenoic and 8-octadecynoic.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Solos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av Bento Gonçalves 7712, 91540-000, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Gaylarde
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Beech