Yersinia pestis Is Viable with Endotoxin Composed of Only Lipid A
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- 15 September 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 187 (18) , 6599-6600
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.187.18.6599-6600.2005
Abstract
Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the major outer membrane component of gram-negative bacteria. The minimal LPS structure for viability of Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium is lipid A glycosylated with 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid (Kdo) residues. Here we show that another member of the Enterobacteriaceae, Yersinia pestis, can survive without Kdo in its LPS.Keywords
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