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Appl Environ Microbiol
; 67(2): 969-71, 2001 Feb.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11157270
ABSTRACT
We describe a rapid and efficient method for producing the capsular polysaccharide of Streptococcus pneumoniae by fermentation on tryptic soy broth and purification of this compound by using immobilized soybean lectin as an affinity adsorbent. In principle, the same strategy can be used to produce purified capsular polysaccharides from other streptococcal serotypes by selecting the appropriate lectin adsorbents.