title: Rapid identification of cell wall components as a guide to the classification of aerobic coryneform bacteria from human skin.
abstract: In a survey of over 1000 isolates of aerobic skin coryneforms from a wide variety of sources, chromatographic methods were used to identify the major cell-wall components in whole-cell hydrolysates. Most of the skin isolates-like members of the genus Corynebacterium--possessed meso-diaminopimelic acid and arabinose. However, substantial numbers of coryneforms apparently resident on the skin did not have this pattern; the sites from which they were isolated suggested that some were derived from the environment whilst others (possessing meso-DAP and galactose but not arabinose as the major wall components) were members of the resident skin flora.
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000328:Adult; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000599:Amino Acids, Diamino / Q000032:analysis; D000693:Anaerobiosis; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000032:analysis; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000599:Amino Acids, Diamino; D002241:Carbohydrates