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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: APMIS. 2010 Jan;118(1):1–36. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2009.02563.x

Table 1.

The chemical composition of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial murein.

Gram positive Gram negative
Sugar Glucosamine Glucosamine
Acetylmuramic Acetylmuramic

Amino acid D-Glutamic acid D-Glutamic acid
D- and L-Alanine D- and L-Alanine
L-Lysine or L- Diaminopimelic acid Glycine L-Diaminopimelic acid