TABLE 3.
Strain | Molecular mass (Da)
|
Relative intensity | Proposed composition | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Observed | Calculated | |||
738 (5F5.9 negative) | 2,224.0 | 2,224.1 | 0.2 | 2Hex, 2Hep, PEtn, 2Kdo, lipid A |
2,226.0 | 2,227.0 | 0.2 | Hex, 2Hep, PEtn, PCho, 2Kdo, lipidA | |
2,386.0 | 2,386.2 | 0.2 | 3Hex, 2Hep, PEtn, 2Kdo, lipid A | |
2,389.0 | 2,389.1 | 0.4 | 2Hex, 2Hep, PEtn, PCho, 2Kdo, lipid A | |
2,590.0 | 2,589.4 | 1.0 | GlcNAc, 3Hex, 2Hep, PEtn, 2Kdo, lipid A | |
2,750.4 | 2,751.4 | 0.2 | GlcNAc, 4Hex, 2Hep, PEtn, 2Kdo, lipid A | |
2,753.4 | 2,754.5 | 0.3 | GlcNAc, 3Hex, 2Hep, PEtn, PCho, 2Kdo, lipid A | |
2,917.0 | 2,916.7 | 0.2 | GlcNAc, 4Hex, 2Hep, PEtn, PCho, 2Kdo, lipid A | |
738-P (5F5.9 positive) | 2,062.0 | 2,061.9 | 1.0 | Hex, 2Hep, PEtn, 2Kdo, lipid A |
2,227.4 | 2,227.0 | 0.4 | Hex, 2Hep, PEtn, PCho, 2Kdo, lipid A |
Average mass units were used for calculation of molecular mass based on proposed composition, as follows: Hexose (Hex), 162.15; Heptose (Hep), 192.17; GlcNAc, 203.19; 3-deoxy-d-manno-octulosonic acid (Kdo), 220.18; PEtn, 123.05; PCho, 165.05. A number before an abbreviation signifies the number of components identified.