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

Table 4 Diversity of disaccharide linkages found in various taxonomic groups.

Group	Disaccharide Linkages
Actinobacteria	364
Bacilli	526
α-Proteobacteria	319
β-Proteobacteria	356
Enterobacteriales (γ-Proteobacteria)	1570
other γ-Proteobacteria	1148
δ/ε-Proteobacteria	218
Mammalia	488

Total count of all unique disaccharide linkages per taxonomic group. Unknown anomeric and absolute configurations and fuzzily defined linkages are counted as distinct entities.

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