title: Cell wall polymers in Archaea (Archaebacteria).
abstract: The distribution of the various cell wall and cell envelope (S-layer) polymers among the main lineages of the domain Archaea (Archaebacteria) and the chemical composition and primary structure of polymers forming rigid cell wall sacculi is described. Differences between bacteria and archaea in their sensitivity to antibiotics which inhibit cell wall synthesis in bacteria are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Botanisches Institut, Universität München, Germany.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kandler
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: König
mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000166:cytology; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D001704:Biopolymers