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Rotta, Jiri (Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.), Walter W. Karakawa, and Richard M. Krause. Isolation of L forms from group A streptococci exposed to bacitracin. J. Bacteriol. 89:1581–1585. 1965.—L forms were obtained from group A streptococci by exposure to bacitracin on gradient plates, although novobiocin was ineffective in this respect. Subcultures of these L forms had morphological and bacteriological properties similar to those obtained with penicillin. M protein was detected in L-form colony smears by immunofluorescent staining with type-specific conjugate. The L forms were not stained with group-specific conjugate. Parallel precipitin tests performed with extracts from a heavy growth of L forms on agar confirmed these findings. Thus, the L forms obtained with bacitracin continue to produce M protein but are devoid of the group-specific carbohydrate which is a major component of cell-wall structure.
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