Table 3.

Cell wall dry weight, amount of WTA, and degree of WTA d-alanylation in studied strains^a

Strain	Cell wall dry wt		Amt of WTA in cell wall prepn		Degree of WTA d-alanylation
	mg cell wall dry wt/g cell wall wet wt	P	nmol phosphorus/mg cell wall dry wt	P	nmol d-alanine/nmol phosphorus compared to strain 616	P
616	15.32 ± 5.55		50.76 ± 4.12		0.41 ± 0.130
621	18.17 ± 3.25	P = 0.0638	64.64 ± 8.51	P = 0.2435	0.48 ± 0.142	P = 0.5534
701	24.44 ± 4.83	P = 0.0125, P = 0.0246	84.80 ± 4.42	P = 0.0006, P = 0.0219	0.81 ± 0.135	P = 0.0215, P = 0.045

^aP values are based on comparisons with corresponding results for strain 616 or 621.