PubMed · 13999997
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R van WERING, H ESSEVELD. 1963-01-19. [Vibrio fetus].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13999997/
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An O-specific polysaccharide was liberated from Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus serotype B lipopolysaccharide by mild acid hydrolysis followed by gel chromatography. This polysaccharide was found to contain D-rhamnose and 3-O-methyl-D-rhamnose (D-Rha3Me, D-acofriose) in a ratio of approximately 24:1, as well as lipopolysaccharide core constituents. The structure of the polysaccharide was studied by 1H-NMR and 13C-NMR spectroscopy, which included two-dimensional COSY, rotating-frame NOE spectroscopy (ROESY), and computer-assisted analysis of the 13C-NMR spectrum. Methylation analysis using [2H3]methyl iodide and Smith degradation followed by GLC/MS of the derived acetylated oligosaccharide-alditols was used to determine the location of D-acofriose. The O-specific polysaccharide is linear, consists on average of 12 disaccharide repeating units, and is terminated by a residue of D-acofriose. The following structure of the D-rhamnan chain was established: [sequence: see text]
Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus and C. fetus subsp. venerealis are currently differentiated by tolerance to glycine and by their epidemiology. Analysis of C. fetus DNA by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, after digestion with the restriction endonucleases SmaI and SalI, was used to differentiate between the subspecies. All strains presently identified as C. fetus subsp. fetus had a genomic size of 1.1 Mb, whereas the majority of the C. fetus subsp. venerealis strains had a genomic size of 1.3 Mb. An additional group of strains, which were previously described as C. fetus subsp. venerealis biovar "intermedius" and were able to tolerate higher concentrations of glycine than the rest of the C. fetus subsp. venerealis strains, had an average genome size of 1.5 Mb. We suggest that pulsed-field gel electrophoresis may be useful as an additional aid in the differentiation of C. fetus strains at the subspecies level.