Table 1.

O-glycan size and number, composition, and factors for compensation of orcinol and glycan-on-membrane assay

Species	Tissue	Size: Average (SEM) number of monosaccharides	Average (SEM) Number of non-amine hexoses	Average (SEM) number of terminal cis-hydroxy groups	Multiplication factor for orcinol assay compensated with PGM	Multiplication factor for glycan-on-membrane assay compensated with PGM
Atlantic salmon	Gill	3.4 (0.095)	0.780 (0.088)	1.49 (0.041)	2.4	0.86
	Skin	2.4 (0.029)	0.249 (0.015)	1.10 (0.0089)	7.6	1.2
Barramundi	Gill	6.0 (0.47)	0.563 (0.054)	1.53 (0.076)	3.4	0.83
	Skin	5.5 (0.59)	0.375 (0.063)	1.40 (0.086)	5.1	0.91
	Oral	5.1 (0.83)	0.282 (0.047)	1.27 (0.085)	6.7	1.0
	Intestine	5.5 (0.11)	1.24 (0.11)	1.76 (0.072)	1.5	0.73
PGM		4.2	1.90	1.28