Teichuronic Acid-Like Polymer in the Cell Wall of Rathayibacter sp. VKM Ac-2856 – A New Type of Acidic Glycopolymer for Representatives of the Genus

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Maksim S. Kokoulin¹, Natalia V. Potekhina^2,a*, Elena M. Tulskaya², Yury V. Ospennikov³, and Lyudmila I. Evtushenko³

¹G. B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690022 Vladivostok, Russia

²Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia

³All-Russian Collection of Microorganisms (VKM), Federal Research Center Pushchino Scientific Center for Biological Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290 Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed.

Received: November 28, 2025; Revised: January 3, 2026; Accepted: January 20, 2026

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HASH(0x6207600c04d8)

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KEY WORDS: Rathayibacter, cell wall glycopolymer, polysaccharide, rhamnomannan, mannan, pyruvate

DOI: 10.1134/S0006297925604186

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