Studies on polysaccharide C of Staphylococcus epidermidis. 1. Isolation and chemical characterization.
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.
D000117:Acetylglucosamine / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000032:analysis; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D005990:Glycerol / Q000032:analysis; D007106:Immune Sera; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011817:Rabbits / Q000276:immunology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000032:analysis
D007106:Immune Sera; D011135:Polysaccharides, Bacterial; D013682:Teichoic Acids; D005990:Glycerol; D000117:Acetylglucosamine