Table 1.
Extent of peptidoglycan O-acetylation in bacteria possessing OAP gene clusters
| Species | Strain | % O-Acetylation1 |
| Agrobacterium tumefaciens | A6 | 3.44 ± 0.79 |
| 371 | 1.52 ± 0.36 | |
| Bacillus cereus | ATCC 10702 | 24.7 ± 0.09 |
| Bacteroides fragilis | ATCC 25285 | 69.4 ± 1.2 |
| Bacteroides thetaiotamicron | ATCC 29741 | 27.0 ± 1.2 |
| Bradyrhizobium japonicum | 532 C | 18.5 ± 2.2 |
| Campylobacter jejuni | ATCC 700819 | 62.7 ± 5.6 |
| NCTC 11168 | 55.7 ± 1.4 | |
| Chromobacterium violaceum | ATCC 12472 | 14.7 ± 2.5 |
| Helicobacter pylori | ATCC 700392 | 45.6 ± 3.2 |
| Photorhabdus luminescens | ATCC 29999 | 65.6 ± 1.6 |
| Ruminococcus flavefaciens | 007 | 33.4 ± 3.4 |
1. Average ± s.d.(n = 3)of base-labile acetate content relative to muramic acid concentrations in isolated and purified peptidoglycan.