Detection of antigens in enzymic lysates of cell wall from Streptococcus mutans strains.
Lysis of cell wall preparations from strains representing serotypes a - g of Streptococcus mutans has provided a convenient and efficient means of obtaining the typing antigens in a soluble undegraded form, and has demonstrated that, in each case, the antigen is a cell wall component in the strict sense of a component joined covalently to peptidoglycan. This influences the choice of extraction procedures.
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001433:Bacteriolysis; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000276:immunology*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D007778:Lactobacillus / Q000276:immunology; D012703:Serotyping; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000276:immunology*
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial