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O-Polysaccharides (O-antigens) are highly diverse glycopolymers present on the cell surface of Gram-negative bacteria, including the human opportunistic pathogen Providencia alcalifaciens. They define serospecificity of strains and are used for the serotyping of bacteria. In this work, a phosphorylated O-polysaccharide was isolated from P. alcalifaciens O22 and analyzed by chemical methods, ESI-MS, and 1H, 13C, and 31P NMR spectroscopy. It was found to contain two unusual components, 2-acetamido-4-amino-2,4,6-trideoxy-D-galactose (D-FucNAc4N) and D-glyceramide 2-phosphate (D-GroAN-2-P), the latter being identified for the first time in bacterial polysaccharides. The structure of the trisaccharide repeating unit of the O-polysaccharide was established to be 4)-(D-GroAN-2-P-3-)--D-GalNAc-(14)--D-Gal-(13)--D-FucNAc4N-(1. |