title: A new structural type of teichoic acid and some chemotaxonomic criteria of two species Nocardiopsis dassonvillei and Nocardiopsis antarcticus.
abstract: The cell-wall teichoic acids of Nocardiopsis dassonvillei IMRU 509T, IMRU 504 and IMRU 1250 and Nocardiopsis antarcticus VKM Ac-836T have the same unique structure that has not heretofore been found in bacteria. The polymer is built of 10 to 13 repeating units: -1snGro3-P-3-beta-D-GalNAc1-2snGro3-P-. The structure has been established by chemical analysis and with NMR spectroscopy. A study of the cell-wall monosaccharide composition, peptidoglycan, and cell phospholipids also provides evidence for the close similarity of these two species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Moscow State University, Russia.
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Tul'skaya
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Streshinskaya
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Naumova
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Shashkov
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Terekhova
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010755:Organophosphates / Q000032:analysis; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D010755:Organophosphates; D013682:Teichoic Acids