From a historical perspective, the study of both the biochemistry and the genetics of
lipopolysaccharide (LPS) synthesis began with the enteric bacteria. These organisms have …

This review covers the structures and genetics of the 46 O antigens of Salmonella, a major
pathogen of humans and domestic animals. The variation in structures underpins the …

Background The incidence of enteric fever, an invasive bacterial infection caused by
typhoidal Salmonellae (Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi), is largely …

776 The Journal of Clinical Investigation| April 2001| Volume 107| Number 7 nized with heat-
killed bacteria. The exact structure of many of the carbohydrate antigens is not known and …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides an overview of the molecular mechanisms
involved in synthesis and expression of cell-surface polysaccharides in Gram-negative …

We have sequenced the gene clusters for type strains of the Acinetobacter baumannii
serotyping scheme developed in the 1990s, and used the sequences to better understand …

The O antigens of groups A, B and D differ only in a dideoxyhexose side chain sugar, which
is paratose, abequose or tyvelose, respectively, and have similar structures and biosynthetic …

We report the development and evaluation of a Salmonella O-group-specific Bio-Plex assay
to detect the six most common serogroups in the United States (B, C1, C2, D, E, and O13) …

Extensive population-level genetic variability at the Salmonella rfb locus, which encodes
enzymes responsible for synthesis of the O-antigen polysaccharide, is thought to have …

We present edition VIII of the genetic map of Salmonella typhimurium LT2. We list a total of
1,159 genes, 1,080 of which have been located on the circular chromosome and 29 of which …