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. 1965 Mar;13(2):236–243. doi: 10.1128/am.13.2.236-243.1965

Chemical Composition of Cell-Wall Preparations from Strains of Various Form-Genera of Aerobic Actinomycetes

B Becker 1, M P Lechevalier 1, H A Lechevalier 1
PMCID: PMC1058228  PMID: 14325886

Abstract

Cell-wall preparations were made from more than 140 strains of aerobic actinomycetes representing most of the form-genera that have been proposed. All cell-wall preparations contained as major constituents glucosamine, muramic acid, alanine, and glutamic acid. In addition, cell-wall preparations from various types of streptomycetes and strains of Microëllobosporia contained glycine and ll-α,ε-diaminopimelic acid; those from strains of most Actinoplanaceae and micromonosporae contained glycine and meso-α-ε-diaminopimelic acid; those from strains of Thermoactinomyces, Microbispora, Dermatophilus, and nocardiae of the madurae-pelletieri group contained meso-α,ε-diaminopimelic acid; and those from strains of Thermomonospora, Micropolyspora, and most nocardiae contained meso-α,ε-diaminopimelic acid, arabinose, and galactose. All the strains used were also studied morphologically.

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