Peptidoglycan structure in Neisseria gonorrhoeae grown in continuous culture

Autor: H. R. Perkins, J. K. Blundell, C. W. Keevil
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Gonococci and Meningococci ISBN: 9789401071178
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-1383-7_78
Popis: The peptidoglycan of N. gonorrhoeae grown in continuous culture was labelled with [14C]- glucosamine, digested with Chalaropsis B muramidase and the products separated on TLC. The degree of O-acetylation of peptidoglycan estimated from the TLC was 25% for strain P9-2 and 34% for strain KW-2, appreciably lower than the O-acetylation of peptidoglycan isolated from batch grown cultures (47% and 57% respectively). Monomeric units (O-acetylated and non-O-acetyl-ated) were isolated by gel filtration and further analysed by reverse phase HPLC. The amount of O-acetylmonomer tetrapeptide and 1,6-anhydromuramyl residues present in the peptidoglycan was estimated.
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