Elucidation of a masked repeating structure of the O-specific polysaccharide of the halotolerant soil bacteria Azospirillum halopraeferens Au4

• Elena N. Sigida,
• Yuliya P. Fedonenko,
• Alexander S. Shashkov,
• Nikolay P. Arbatsky,
• Evelina L. Zdorovenko,
• Svetlana A. Konnova,
• Vladimir V. Ignatov and
• Yuriy A. Knirel

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2016, 12, 636–642, doi:10.3762/bjoc.12.62

• residue (~65%), are shown in italics. Keywords: Azospirillum halopraeferens; bacterial polysaccharide structure; lipopolysaccharide; O-specific polysaccharide; Smith degradation; triflic acid solvolysis; Introduction Rhizobacteria of the genus Azospirillum are isolated from a wide variety of