| pneumococcus | <bacteria> A genus of bacteria that is typified by gram-positive staining and a coccal shape (round) that are usually observed microscopically in pairs. A common cause of pneumonia. (27 Sep 1997) |
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| Fraenkel's pneumococcus | A gram-positive organism found in the upper respiratory tract, inflammatory exudates, and various body fluids of normal and/or diseased humans and, rarely, domestic animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Fraenkel-Weichselbaum pneumococcus | A gram-positive organism found in the upper respiratory tract, inflammatory exudates, and various body fluids of normal and/or diseased humans and, rarely, domestic animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pneumococcal polysaccharide | A soluble type-specific polysaccharide produced during active growth of virulent pneumococci composing a large part of the capsule. Synonym: pneumococcal polysaccharide, soluble specific substance, specific soluble polysaccharide, specific soluble sugar. (05 Mar 2000) |
| polysaccharide | <biochemistry> Polymers of (arbitrarily) more than about ten monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically in branched or unbranched chains. (18 Nov 1997) |
| polysaccharide deacetylase | <enzyme> Involved in bacteriophage penetration of bacteria Registry number: EC 3.5.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| polysaccharide-lyases | <enzyme> A group of carbon-oxygen lyases. These enzymes catalyze the breakage of a carbon-oxygen bond in polysaccharides leading to an unsaturated product and the elimination of an alcohol. Registry number: EC 4.2.2. (12 Dec 1998) |
| polysaccharide pyruvyltransferase | <enzyme> Catalyses the pyruvylation of capsular polysaccharides; phosphoenolpyruvate is donor at the lipid-bound saccharide stage of various bacterial polysaccharides Registry number: EC 2.2.1.- Synonym: capsular polysaccharide pyruvyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| polysaccharide sulfate esters | Sulfate esters of polysaccharides often found in cell walls. (05 Mar 2000) |
| C polysaccharide | <microbiology> Polysaccharide released by pneumococci which contains galactosamine 6 phosphate and phosphoryl choline. C-reactive protein is so called because it will precipitate this polysaccharide through an interaction with the phosphoryl choline. (18 Nov 1997) |
| specific soluble polysaccharide | A soluble type-specific polysaccharide produced during active growth of virulent pneumococci composing a large part of the capsule. Synonym: pneumococcal polysaccharide, soluble specific substance, specific soluble polysaccharide, specific soluble sugar. (05 Mar 2000) |