The K139 capsular polysaccharide produced by Acinetobacter baumannii MAR17-1041 belongs to a group of related structures including K14, K37 and K116

AA Kasimova, SM Cahill, AM Shpirt, AG Dudnik… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Capsular polysaccharide (CPS) is a key target for bacteriophage and vaccine therapies
currently being developed for treatment of infections caused by the extensively antibiotic …

Acinetobacter baumannii K116 capsular polysaccharide structure is a hybrid of the K14 and revised K37 structures

AS Shashkov, SM Cahill, NP Arbatsky… - Carbohydrate …, 2019 - Elsevier
The genome of Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolate, MAR-303, recovered in Russia was
sequenced and found to contain a novel gene cluster at the A. baumannii K locus for …

Structure and gene cluster of the K125 capsular polysaccharide from Acinetobacter baumannii MAR13-1452

NP Arbatsky, MM Shneider, AS Dmitrenok… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
A capsular polysaccharide (CPS) was isolated from strain MAR13-1452 of an emerging
pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii and assigned type K125. The following structure of the …

K19 capsular polysaccharide of Acinetobacter baumannii is produced via a Wzy polymerase encoded in a small genomic island rather than the KL19 capsule gene …

JJ Kenyon, MM Shneider, SN Senchenkova… - …, 2016 - microbiologyresearch.org
Polymerization of the oligosaccharides (K units) of complex capsular polysaccharides
(CPSs) requires a Wzy polymerase, which is usually encoded in the gene cluster that directs …

Structure of the K98 capsular polysaccharide from Acinetobacter baumannii REV-1184 containing a cyclic pyruvic acid acetal

AA Kasimova, MM Shneider, MV Edelstein… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The K98 capsular polysaccharide (CPS) from the Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolate,
REV-1184, was studied by sugar analysis and Smith degradation along with one-and two …

The K89 capsular polysaccharide produced by Acinetobacter baumannii LUH5552 consists of a pentameric repeat-unit that includes a 3-acetamido-3, 6-dideoxy-d …

NP Arbatsky, AS Shashkov, MM Shneider… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Acinetobacter baumannii isolate LUH5552 carries the KL89 capsule biosynthesis gene
cluster. Capsular polysaccharide (CPS) isolated from LUH5552 was analyzed by sugar …

Structural determination of the K14 capsular polysaccharide from an ST25 Acinetobacter baumannii isolate, D46

JJ Kenyon, RM Hall, C De Castro - Carbohydrate research, 2015 - Elsevier
The structure of the capsular polysaccharide (CPS) recovered from D46, an extensively
antibiotic resistant ST25 Acinetobacter baumannii clinical isolate, was elucidated. The …

The KL24 gene cluster and a genomic island encoding a Wzy polymerase contribute genes needed for synthesis of the K24 capsular polysaccharide by the multiply …

JJ Kenyon, AA Kasimova, MM Shneider… - …, 2017 - microbiologyresearch.org
The whole-genome sequence of the multiply antibiotic resistant Acinetobacter baumannii
isolate RCH51 belonging to sequence type ST103 (Institut Pasteur scheme) revealed that …

Structure of the neutral capsular polysaccharide of Acinetobacter baumannii NIPH146 that carries the KL37 capsule gene cluster

NP Arbatsky, MM Shneider, JJ Kenyon… - Carbohydrate …, 2015 - Elsevier
Capsular polysaccharide (CPS) was isolated from Acinetobacter baumannii NIPH146, and
the following structure of branched pentasaccharide repeating unit was established by sugar …

Structure of the capsular polysaccharide of Acinetobacter baumannii 1053 having the KL91 capsule biosynthesis gene locus

AS Shashkov, MM Shneider, NS Sof'ya, AV Popova… - Carbohydrate …, 2015 - Elsevier
Acinetobacter baumannii 1053 is the type strain for the maintenance of specific
bacteriophage AP22, which infects a fairly broad range of A. baumannii strains circulating in …