Interstrain variation of the polysaccharide B biosynthesis locus of Bacteroides fragilis: Characterization of the region from strain 638R

Authors
Comstock, LE Coyne, MJ Tzianabos, AO Kasper, DL
Citation
Le. Comstock et al., Interstrain variation of the polysaccharide B biosynthesis locus of Bacteroides fragilis: Characterization of the region from strain 638R, J BACT, 181(19), 1999, pp. 6192-6196
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
ISSN journal
00219193 → ACNP
Volume
181
Issue
19
Year of publication
1999
Pages
6192 - 6196
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9193(199910)181:19<6192:IVOTPB>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The sequence and analysis of the capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis locus , PS B2, of Bacteroides fragilis 638R are described, and the sequence is co mpared with that of the PS B1 biosynthesis locus of B. fragilis NCTC 9343. Two genes of the region, wcgD and wcgC, are shown by complementation to enc ode a UDP-N-acetylglucosamine 2-epimerase and a UDP-N-acetylmannosamine deh ydrogenase, respectively.