Structure of the exopolysaccharide produced by Enterobacter amnigenus

Carbohydr Res. 2005 Feb 28;340(3):439-47. doi: 10.1016/j.carres.2004.12.008.

Abstract

The bacterial species Enterobacter amnigenus was isolated from sugar beets harvested in Finland. It produced an exopolysaccharide rich in l-fucose, which gave viscous water solutions. Its primary structure was determined mainly by NMR spectroscopy and ESIMS of oligosaccharides and a polysaccharide with decreased molecular weight, obtained by Smith degradation of the O-deacetylated native polymer [carbohydrate structure: see text]

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbohydrate Sequence
  • Enterobacter / metabolism*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Methylation
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Molecular Structure
  • Oligosaccharides / chemistry
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial / chemistry*

Substances

  • Oligosaccharides
  • Polysaccharides, Bacterial
  • exopolysaccharide, Enterobacter amnigenus