title: The structure of the wall teichoic acid isolated from Enterococcus faecalis strain 12030.
abstract: Wall teichoic acid (WTA) was isolated from Enterococcus faecalis 12030, a clinical isolate and biofilm-producing strain, and analyzed using compositional chemical methods, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. The repeating units of WTA were composed of D-glucose, D-galactose, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-galactose, 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-D-glucose, D-ribitol, and phosphate in a molar ratio 1:2:1:1:1:1, and had the structure given below.
authors.affiliation: Center for Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Freiburg, Hugstetter Strasse 55, D-79106 Freiburg i. Br., Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Theilacker
authors.forename: Otto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Holst
authors.forename: Buko
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lindner
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huebner
authors.forename: Zbigniew
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kaczyński
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry*; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013682:Teichoic Acids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D013682:Teichoic Acids