Gram-negative bacteria Salmonella

The combination of formic and propionic acid reduced the gram-negative bacteria Salmonella typhimurium under the conditions of the small intestine. 

Gram negative. Bacteria that fail to retain Gram stain. This group includes the genera Salmonella, Pseudmonas, Pasteurella, Escherichia, and Brucella. 

A number of amide- and ester-linked fatty acids and (/ )-3-hydroxy acids are components of the lipid A part in the LPS from Gram-negative bacteria. The acids have been tabulatedand the chemistry of lipid A summarized. The most common acids in lipid A from Enterobacteriaceae are the saturated 12 0,14 0, and 16 0, and the (/ )-3-hydroxy-14 0, The last is linked to N-2 and 0-3 of the 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranosyl residues, and the others are ester-linked to the hydroxy acid, as in the lipid A (44) of Salmonella minnesota. Other linear and branched fatty acids, unsaturated acids, S)-2- and (/ )-3-hydroxy acids, and 3-oxotetradecanoic acid are components of lipid A from certain different species. In the lipid A from Rhizobium trifolii, 2,7-dihydroxyoctanoic acid is linked as amide to a 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-gl ucopy ranosy 1 residue. ... 

A great deal of our current understanding of the structure and function of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria has come from studies with Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. The permeability barrier function of the outer membrane can... 

KDO appears to be unique to Gram-negative bacteria. In the LPS that have been studied, KDO residues are situated at the reducing ends of the polysaccharide domains, linking them, by ketosidic bonds, to the fatty-acid-substituted 2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucosyl disaccharides referred to as lipid A. Fig. 2 is a block diagram indicating the location of KDO in the LPS from Salmonella. 

Immunostimulatory adjuvants exert their effects predominantly at the cytokine level or through the activation of costimulatory signals. The type of response required for optimal protection depends on the pathogen. One class of immunostimulatory adjuvants is derived from the lipopolysaccharide of gram-negative bacteria. The most extensively evaluated member of this family, monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL), is obtained from Salmonella minnesota. MPL has been shown to induce the synthesis and release of cytokines, which promote the generation of specific immune responses. 

Lipopolysaccharides are the dominant surface feature of the outer membrane of gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Salmonella ty-phimurium. These molecules are prime targets of the antibodies produced by the vertebrate immune system in response to bacterial infection and are therefore important determinants of the serotype of bacterial strains (serotypes are strains that are distinguished on the basis of antigenic properties). The lipopolysaccharides of S. typhimurium contain six fatty acids bound to two... 

Enteric diseases of pigs and cattle are due to several species of Gram-negative bacteria, e.g. by overproliferation of the natural gut bacillus Escherichia coli, or by Salmonella species, e.g. S. dublin or S. typhimurium. The pathology thus caused consists of severe diarrhoea or scouring . Adequate control of Salmonella bacteria is a serious public health problem. 

We found that P3 combined with cell walls of endotoxin containing gram-negative bacteria, such as Escherichia coli and Salmonella, induced complete regression of line 10 tumors (6 ). 

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