Biology of the Prokaryotes

This is a detailed monograph of the qualitative and quantitative methods for the analysis of mono- and oligosaccharides and important related compounds, such as alcohols, uronic acids, sugar phosphates and amino sugars. The book is divided into two parts: the first part deals with qualitative and quantitive determination of carbohydrates without preceding separation techniques; the second part comprises separation techniques for sugars and related compounds by paper and thin-layer chromatography, GC, HPLC, paper and thin-layer electrophoresis. Also included is the new technique of capillary electrophoresis.