title: Structural studies of the teichoic acids from Bacillus licheniformis.
abstract: Three teichoic acids have been isolated from Bacillus licheniformis. Their structures were found to be 1,3 poly(glycerolphosphate), -->3)-alpha-D-Gal p-(1-->1)-L-glycerol- (3-->phosphate, and -->3)-[beta-D-Glc p-(1-->2)]-alpha-D-Gal p-(1-->1)-L-glycerol- (3-->phosphate. Without separating the individual teichoic acids, and despite their high molecular weight, these polysaccharides could be identified by modern NMR techniques alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of NMR and IR Spectroscopy, Gist Brocades B.V. Delft, The Netherlands.
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authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schipper
mesh_terms: D001407:Bacillus / Q000737:chemistry*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry; D005994:Glycerophosphates / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010755:Organophosphates / Q000737:chemistry; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D005994:Glycerophosphates; D010755:Organophosphates; D013682:Teichoic Acids