In a new paper published in Nature Chemistry, Dr. Lingbing Kong in Oxford University's Department of Chemistry takes an in-depth look at capsular polysaccharides, or 'sugar armour' – the ...

In Gram-negative bacteria, which include some of the most devastating human pathogens, just two mechanisms for the export of polysaccharides have been identified so far. Now a research team has ...

Sugars under the microscope: a research team including sientists at the Max Planck Institutes for Solid State Research and for Colloids and Interfaces, have developed a method of analysing the ...

In a paper publishing April 10 in the Cell Press journal Cell Reports, researchers document "selfish polysaccharide uptake" in freshwater ecosystems for the first time.

Polysaccharides are made by polymerizing more than 10 monosaccharide molecules through glycosidic bonds. The molecular weight of polysaccharides is relatively large, usually consisting of hundreds or ...

Streptococcus suis ( S. suis) is an important zoonotic pathogen causing substantial economic losses in the swine industry. S. suis serotype 2 (SS2) is often isolated from the diseased. S. suis ...