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Chemical Studies on the Cell Walls of Leptospira biflexa Strain Urawa and Treponema pallidum Strain Reiter
Author(s) -
Azuma Ichiro,
Taniyama Tadayoshi,
Yamamura Yuichi,
Yanagihara Yasutake,
Hattori Yukio,
Yasuda Seiji,
Mifuchi Ichiji
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
japanese journal of microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0021-5139
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1975.tb00846.x
Subject(s) - rhamnose , muramic acid , arabinose , biochemistry , mannose , treponema , galactose , xylose , strain (injury) , alanine , glucosamine , polysaccharide , cell wall , chemistry , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , amino acid , peptidoglycan , fermentation , virology , syphilis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , anatomy
The preparation and chemical poperties of the cell walls of Leptospira biflexa Urawa and Treponema pallidum Reiter are described. Both cell walls are composed mainly of polysaccharides and peptidoglycans. The data of chemical analysis indicate that the cell wall of L. biflexa Urawa contains rhamnose, arabinose, xylose, mannose, galactose, glucose and unidentified sugars as neutral sugars, and alanine, glutamic acid, α,ε‐diaminopimelic acid, glucosamine and muramic acid as major amino acids and amino sugars. As major chemical constituents of the cell wall of T. pallidum Reiter, rhamnose, arabinose, xylose, mannose, galactose, glucose, alanine, glutamic acid, ornithine, glycine, glucosamine and muramic acid have been detected. The chemical properties of protein and polysaccharide fractions prepared from the cells of T. pallidum Reiter were also partially examined.