Carbohydrate-containing cell wall polymers of some strains of the Bacillus subtilis group

A novel type of teichoic acid from the cell wall of Bacillus subtilis VKM B-762

“…A high degree of homology of the nucleotide sequence of the 16S rRNA gene is typical of the species of the group B. subtilis. 1,2 The difference between strains becomes obvious when studying the cell wall polymers, [3][4][5] which corroborates the heterogeneity of the group B. subtilis. The compositions and structures of the cell wall polymers of the strain B. subtilis VKM B-762 differ from those of all the microorganisms of this group studied so far.…”

“…[3][4][5] Several strains contain poly(sugar phosphate) 3 with a neutral monosaccharide, amino sugar and phosphoric acid residue as the repeating unit constituents. The strains B. subtilis VKM B-760 and VKM B-764 belong to the poly(glycosy lpolyol phosphate) type of teichoic acids with glucose or galactose accompanying glycerol phosphate.…”

“…The compositions and structures of the cell wall polymers of the strain B. subtilis VKM B-762 differ from those of all the microorganisms of this group studied so far. [3][4][5] The cell wall of B. subtilis VKM B-762 contains 1.73% of teichoic acid-linked phosphorus. Stepwise extraction of the cell wall with 10% trichloroacetic acid (4°C, 3Â, 24 h each) resulted in 0008-6215/$ -see front matter Ó…”

“…The compositions and structures of the cell wall polymers of the strain B. subtilis VKM B-762 differ from those of all the microorganisms of this group studied so far. [3][4][5] The preparations that were used in structural studies of the anionic glycopolymers. The yield was ca.…”