Table 3. Determination of glycosidic linkages in the EPOLs of B. ambifaria before (Ba) and after carboxyl reduction (Ba-R), and B. multivorans C1576 separated on SP2330 (Bm-I) and on HP1 (Bm-II) columns.

Linked residuea	RRTb	Ba	Ba-R	Bm-I	Bm-II	RRTc
2-Rha	0.91	0.72	0.64	1.00	1.00	0.84
3-Rha	0.93			0.43	0.43	0.86
t-Gal	1.00	2.27	2.11	1.71	1.82	1.00
3-Glc	1.13	1.00	1.00	0.68
2-Man+3-Man	1.14			0.92
3-Glc+2-Man					1.31	1.17
3-Man					0.47	1.20
3-Gal	1.17	0.20	0.21	0.13	0.17	1.22
6-Gal	1.30	0.20	0.19
2,4-GlcD2 d	1.40		0.09
3,6-Man	1.43	0.39	0.50	0.30	0.29	1.51
2,3,4-GlcD2 d	1.47	-	0.21	-	-

^aPosition of glycosidic linkages.

^bRelative retention time on SP2330 column.

^cRelative retention time on HP1 column.

^dC6 di-deuterated according to GC–MS.