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. 1996 Jan;178(1):317–320. doi: 10.1128/jb.178.1.317-320.1996

Isolation and structural analysis of polysaccharide containing galactofuranose from the cell walls of Bifidobacterium infantis.

Y Tone-Shimokawa 1, T Toida 1, T Kawashima 1
PMCID: PMC177659  PMID: 8550438

Abstract

We isolated cell wall polysaccharides (PS-1 and PS-2) from Bifidobacterium infantis Reuter ATCC 15697 and found that the backbone of PS-2 is-->3)-beta-D-Galf-(1-->3)-alpha-D-Galp- (1-->in which beta-D-Galf and alpha-D-Galp are partially substituted at O-6 with beta-D-Glcp. This is the first report of the presence of this disaccharide backbone in a gram-positive bacterium; it resembles the O antigen of some bacteria.

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