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. 1998 Nov;36(11):3217–3222. doi: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3217-3222.1998

TABLE 1.

Carbohydrate profiles of Brucella species determined by GC-MS

Species and strain % Dry weight of the sugar componenta:
Rib QuN Man Glu Gal GlN Mur
B. abortus
 ATCC 23448 0.3 0.3 0.05 0.1 0.6 0.9
 30101 0.5 0.08 0.06 0.4 0.01 0.7 0.8
 30102 0.6 0.1 0.06 0.4 0.01 0.6 0.7
 30104 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.02 0.6 0.7
 30105 0.4 0.1 0.08 0.3 0.5 0.6
 30106 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.7
 30155 0.6 0.1 0.07 0.2 0.4 0.5
 S19 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.8
B. melitensis
 ATCC 23456 1.3 0.2 0.1 2.4 0.3 0.3
 ATCC 23457 0.6 0.06 0.04 0.2 0.04 0.7 0.7
 30401 0.5 0.1 0.09 1.6 0.5 0.6
 ATCC 31242 0.7 0.09 0.06 0.2 0.02 0.5 0.6
 38 1.6 0.2 0.1 2.6 0.3 0.3
B. suis
 ATCC 23444 0.8 0.1 0.07 0.2 0.02 0.6 0.6
 ATCC 23445 0.6 0.03 0.02 0.07 0.02 0.4 0.4
 ATCC 23447 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.6
 ATCC 4312 0.5 0.1 0.03 0.5 0.4
 53 1.1 0.2 0.2 1.7 0.03 0.5 0.5
B. canis
 ATCC 23365 0.6 0.01 0.09 0.5 0.5
 30201 0.4 0.03 0.2 0.02 0.6 0.5
 30202 1.2 0.02 2.6 0.4 0.3
 30203 1.5 0.02 2.6 0.5 0.5
 30204 1.5 0.02 2.4 0.01 0.4 0.4
 51630 1.3 1.6 0.4 0.3
 A5402 1.4 0.04 3.3 0.02 0.5 0.4
a

Rib, ribose; QuN, quinovosamine; Man, mannose; Glu, glucose; Gal, galactose; GlN, glucosamine; Mur, muramic acid.