title: Lipoteichoic acid, a major amphiphile of Gram-positive bacteria that is not readily extractable.
abstract: Commonly used procedures effected the extraction of only 10% of the lipoteichoic acid of stationary-phase cells of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus faecium, unless the cells were first disrupted.
mesh_terms: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008722:Methods; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000032:analysis* / Q000254:growth & development; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000032:analysis* / Q000254:growth & development; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D010712:Phosphatidic Acids; D013682:Teichoic Acids; C009900:lipoteichoic acid