Structure and genetics of the O-antigen of Cronobacter turicensis G3882 from a new serotype, C. turicensis O2, and identification of a serotype-specific gene

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 323-333

  Sun, Yamin ^a   Arbatsky, Nikolay P ^b   Wang, Min ^a   Shashkov, Alexander S ^b   Liu, Bin ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Knirel, Yuriy A ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b N D ZELINSKY INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cronobacter turicensis; Legionaminic acid; O antigen gene cluster; O polysaccharide structure; Specific gene

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIACETAMIDO 3,5,7,9 TETRADEOXY DEXTRO GLYCERO DEXTRO GALACTO NON 2 ULOSONIC ACID; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; GALACTOSE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; O ANTIGEN; O POLYSACCHARIDE; PRIMER DNA; RHAMNOSE; SUGAR; TETRASACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN STRUCTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRONOBACTER TURICENSIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTYPE;

CRONOBACTER; DNA, BACTERIAL; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENETICS, MEDICAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; O ANTIGENS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84869864008     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.01013.x     Document Type: Article

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