A new structural type of teichoic acid and some chemotaxonomic criteria of two species Nocardiopsis dassonvillei and Nocardiopsis antarcticus.
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.
Tul'skaya
E M
EM
Department of Biology, Moscow State University, Russia.
Streshinskaya
G M
GM
Naumova
I B
IB
Shashkov
A S
AS
Terekhova
L P
LP
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*
D010755:Organophosphates; D013682:Teichoic Acids