Gamian A, Katzenellenbogen E, Romanowska E, García Fernández J M, Pedersen C, Ulrich J, Defaye J
Polish Academy of Sciences, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Wroclaw, Poland.
Carbohydr Res. 1995 Nov 22;277(2):245-55. doi: 10.1016/0008-6215(95)00200-d.
The lipopolysaccharide was extracted from cells of Hafnia alvei PCM 1188 strain and, after mild acid hydrolysis, the O-specific polysaccharide isolated and characterized. On the basis of sugar and methylation analysis, FAB mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy of the polysaccharide and oligosaccharides obtained after Smith degradation, or solvolysis with anhydrous hydrogen fluoride, the repeating unit of the O-specific polysaccharide was shown to be the pentasaccharide: [formula: see text]