Research Interest:
The knowledge of the carbohydrate composition of the oligosaccharide component of the exterior of bacterial spores is a necessary prerequisite for the construction of specific biosensors that will serve to detect the presence of pathogens in a given environment. This information will also help elucidate how phenomenon such as bacterial recognition takes place in living systems. The present study concentrates its attention on the taxonomic Bacilli group, including B. cereus, B. thuringiensis, B. subtilis, B. pumilus spores. For this purpose, FACE electrophoresis was employed on suspended intact spores. The enumeration of specific monosaccharides found in the afore-mentioned bacterial spores. Knowing the composition of the oligosaccharide component at the exterior of bacterial spores are meaningful for further evaluation as a basis described along with the prospects of the further development in glycotechnology, medicine, and biosensors based on bacterial spore recognition. |
