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| | Chapter Abstracts: Brucella: Molecular and Cellular Biology |
 | | -1,2-glucans are unique periplasmatic polysaccharides produced by Brucella, Rhizobium, and Agrobacterium, bacteria that belong to the Proteobacteria group and display intimate interactions with plant or animal eukaryotic cells. |
 | | Under low osmolarity conditions cyclic glucans are highly accumulated in the periplasmatic space reaching values ranging from 5 to 20 % of the total cellular dry weight, thus suggesting that they may play a role in adaptation and/or protection of the bacterial cells under certain environmental conditions. |
 | | Moreover ndvA, chvA and cgt null mutants, unable to transport cyclic glucan into the periplasm, display defective host interaction, thus suggesting that secretion into the periplasmic space is required to exert its action. |
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