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. 2002 Oct;184(20):5625–5632. doi: 10.1128/JB.184.20.5625-5632.2002

TABLE 2.

Carbohydrate composition of the aqueous phase

Sugar % of total carbohydrate in aqueous phasea
Rm1021 bacA654::Spc
Rhamnose 4.8 6.1
Galacturonic acid 6.8 6.1
Mannose 2.3 1.5
Galactose 1.8 1.8
Glucose 72.5 72.7
N-Acetyl glucosamine 5.0 4.5
3-Deoxy-d-manno-2-octulosonic acidb 6.8 7.3
a

The aqueous phases from Rm1021 and bacA mutant contained 54 and 63% carbohydrate, respectively, whereas the phenol phases contained 4 and 5% carbohydrate, respectively.

b

Known as Kdo.