title: The structure of the cell wall peptidoglycan of Bacillus cereus RSVF1, a strain closely related to Bacillus anthracis.
abstract: The peptidoglycan of Bacillus cereus RSVF1, a close relative of Bacillus anthracis, has several distinguishing features: the overwhelming majority of cross-linked muropeptides are dimers, higher oligomers are only present in minute quantities; and virtually all muropeptides lack the N-acetyl group from glucosamine residues, thus explaining resistance of the cell walls to lysozyme.
authors.affiliation: The Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Anatoly
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Severin
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tabei
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomasz
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001408:Bacillus anthracis / Q000737:chemistry*; D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000737:chemistry*; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D019281:Dimerization; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000737:chemistry; D010457:Peptidoglycan / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D009842:Oligopeptides; D010457:Peptidoglycan