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THE BIOCHEMISTRY AND GENETICS OF CAPSULAR POLYSACCHARIDE PRODUCTION IN BACTERIA
Ist Teil von
Annual review of microbiology, 1996-01, Vol.50 (1), p.285-315
Ort / Verlag
Palo Alto, CA 94303-0139: Annual Reviews
Erscheinungsjahr
1996
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Beschreibungen/Notizen
Bacterial polysaccharides are usually associated with the outer surface of
the bacterium. They can form an amorphous layer of extracellular polysaccharide
(EPS) surrounding the cell that may be further organized into a distinct
structure termed a capsule. Additional polysaccharide molecules such as
lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or lipooligosaccharide (LOS) may also decorate the
cell surface. Polysaccharide capsules may mediate a number of biological
processes, including invasive infections of human beings. Discussed here are
the genetics and biochemistry of selected bacterial capsular polysaccharides
and the basis of capsule diversity but not the genetics and biochemistry of LPS
biosynthesis (for reviews see
100
,
140
).