TABLE 4.

Glucose (Glc) and N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) linkages identified in spore coat material isolated from wild type ΔnfsA–H (Δnfs) strains

Average and standard deviations of two independent analyses from independent biological replicates are shown. ND means none detected.

Residue	Genotype (strain)
	WT (DK1622)	Δnfs (PH1200)
GalNAc	100	100
t-GalNAc	41 ± 0	3 ± 1
4-GalNAc	44 ± 3	62 ± 8
3-GalNAc	15 ± 2	32 ± 5
3,4-GalNAc	ND	1 ± 1
4,6-GalNAc	ND	1 ± 2
Glc	100	100
t-Glc	26 ± 2	12 ± 3
6-Glc	6 ± 3	2 ± 0
4-Glc	64 ± 3	83 ± 6
3,4-Glc	1 ± 2	1 ± 1
2,4-Glc	1 ± 1	1 ± 1
4,6-Glc	2 ± 0	1 ± 1
2,3,4,6-Glc	ND	1 ± 1