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Specific polysaccharides of the lipopolysaccharides of Gram-negative bacteria

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This review generalizes the result of structural investigations of the polysaccharides of the O-specific side chains of the lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) of the most studied representations of the family Enterobacteriaceae. The O-specific polysaccharides are the serologically dominating part of the molecule that is responsible for the O-antigenic specificity of the LPSs. The structures of the specific polysacchrides from various Gram-positive bacteria are given. The serological specificity of the O-antigens is discussed and a connection is shown between the chemical structures of the polysaccharides and their serological affinity.

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Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Scientific Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok. Translated from khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 5, pp. 532–547, September–October, 1986.

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Komandrova, N.A., Gorshkova, R.P. & Ovodov, Y.S. Specific polysaccharides of the lipopolysaccharides of Gram-negative bacteria. Chem Nat Compd 22, 497–511 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00599250

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