Johnsen GS, Endresen C, Grov A, Oeding P. Studies on polysaccharide C of Staphylococcus epidermidis. 1. Isolation and chemical characterization.
ACTA PATHOLOGICA ET MICROBIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA. SECTION B, MICROBIOLOGY 1975;
83:226-34. [PMID:
1171577 DOI:
10.1111/j.1699-0463.1975.tb00096.x]
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Abstract
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 beta-linked N-acetyglucosamine, the other traces of alpha-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.
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