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STUDIES ON POLYSACCHARIDE C OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS
Author(s) -
JOHNSEN GRETHE SKOGE,
ENDRESEN C.,
GROV A.,
OEDING P.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0304-131X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1975.tb00096.x
Subject(s) - teichoic acid , phosphodiester bond , staphylococcus epidermidis , polysaccharide , sugar , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcus , cell wall , biochemistry , bacteria , biology , staphylococcus aureus , peptidoglycan , rna , genetics , gene
Polysaccharide C (poly C) has been isolated from two strains of S. epidermidis and characterized chemically. The results suggest that poly C is a wall N‐acetylglucosaminylglycerol teichoic acid, linked through 1:3‐phosphodiester linkages. One poly C preparation contained only β‐linked N‐acetylglucosamine, the other traces of α‐linked sugar in addition. The degree of substitution of sugar in the poly C preparations from the two strains was about 50 and 25 per cent.