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Table 1 Definition of taxonomy Set 1.

From: Statistical analysis of the Bacterial Carbohydrate Structure Data Base (BCSDB): Characteristics and diversity of bacterial carbohydrates in comparison with mammalian glycans

Group Name

Number of sequences*

Explanation

Mammalia (class)

3328

Total number of different carbohydrate (glycan) sequences for Mammalia, as registered in GLYCOSCIENCES.de.

Bacteria (polymers)

2250

Total number of different repeating units in the polymeric carbohydrate (glycan) sequences for all bacteria registered in the BCSDB.

Bacteria (oligomers)

3210

Total number of different oligosaccharide sequences (nonrepeating units) for all bacteria registered in the BCSDB.

  1. * For each group each unique carbohydrate sequence was counted only once; a given sequence may occur in more than one taxonomic group.