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Exopolysaccharides produced by Burkholderia cenocepacia recA lineages IIIA and IIIB

TitleExopolysaccharides produced by Burkholderia cenocepacia recA lineages IIIA and IIIB
Publication TypeArticolo su Rivista peer-reviewed
Year of Publication2004
AuthorsChiarini, L., Cescutti P., Drigo L., Impallomeni G., Herasimenka Y., Bevivino Annamaria, Dalmastri Claudia, Tabacchioni Silvia, Manno G., Zanetti F., and Rizzo R.
JournalJournal of Cystic Fibrosis
Volume3
Pagination165 - 172
Date Published2004///
KeywordsBurkholderia cenocepacia, Exopolysaccharide, recA lineages, Structure
Abstract

Clinical and environmental strains of Burkholderia cenocepacia belonging to the recA lineages IIIA and IIIB were examined for exopolysaccharide (EPS) production. The exopolysaccharides structure was determined using mainly gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. All the strains produced Cepacian, a highly branched polysaccharide constituted of a heptasaccharide repeating unit, composed of one rhamnose, one glucose, one glucuronic acid, one mannose and three galactose residues. This polymer is the most common exopolysaccharide produced by strains of the Burkholderia cepacia (Bcc) complex. One clinical strain produced also another polysaccharide constituted of three galactose units and one 3-deoxy-d- manno -2-octulosonic acid residues, a polymer that was previously isolated from two strains of B. cepacia genomovar I and B. cenocepacia IIIA. © 2004 European Cystic Fibrosis Society. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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