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. 1973 Jan;113(1):515–518. doi: 10.1128/jb.113.1.515-518.1973

Cell Wall of Mycobacterium lepraemurium Strain Hawaii

Ichiro Azuma a,1, Yuichi Yamamura a, Yoshinori Tanaka a, Kenji Kohsaka a, Tatsuo Mori a, Tonetaro Itoh a
PMCID: PMC251659  PMID: 4569700

Abstract

The chemical properties of the cell wall of Mycobacterium lepraemurium strain Hawaii were investigated. Five subunits of the cell wall, arabinose mycolate, mycolic acids, tetrapeptide (Ala-Gln-diaminopimelic acid-Ala), disaccharide (N-acetylglucosaminyl-β-1,4-N-glycolylmuramic acid), and arabinogalactan, were obtained, and their chemical structures were identified.

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