QUANTITATIVE EXTRACTION AND PURIFICATION OF EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES FROM KLEBSIELLA-PNEUMONIAE
QUANTITATIVE EXTRACTION AND PURIFICATION OF EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES FROM KLEBSIELLA-PNEUMONIAE
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DOI:
10.1016/0167-7012(89)90038-9
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发表时间:
1989-03-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
CUNHA, BA
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作者:
DOMENICO, P;DIEDRICH, DL;CUNHA, BA
Klebsiella pneumoniae (O1:K2) exopolysaccharides were extracted with a zwitterionic detergent in citrate buffer (pH 4.5). The mild procedure released nearly 95% of the capsular polysaccharide and 60-70% of the lipopolysaccharide. Variable amounts of protein were extracted with the polysaccharides, while very little of the nucleic acid was found in the extract. Gel filtration chromatography of the polysaccharide extract, without a buffer exchange step, resulted in high recovery purification of capsular and lipopolysaccharides. The extraction led to minimal cell disruption, as shown by light and electron microscopy, by studies of viability, and by plasmid DNA isolation. Plasmids isolated before detergent extraction were seen to smear on agarose gels, due to interaction with polysaccharides, while plasmids from extracted cells exhibited tight banding patterns. Both ionic and hydrophic interactions appear responsible for the structural stability of the K. pneumoniae capsule.