The structure of the cell wall peptidoglycan of Bacillus cereus RSVF1, a strain closely related to Bacillus anthracis.
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.
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Anatoly
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The Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Tabei
Keiko
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Tomasz
Alexander
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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
D009842:Oligopeptides; D010457:Peptidoglycan