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. 1982 Oct;38(1):1–7. doi: 10.1128/iai.38.1.1-7.1982

Teichoic acids from chemostat-grown cultures of Streptococcus mutans and Lactobacillus plantarum.

A J Wicken, J D Evans, L K Campbell, K W Knox
PMCID: PMC347687  PMID: 7141685

Abstract

We examined the effect of growth conditions in chemostat culture on the quantity and composition of the cell wall teichoic acids of Streptococcus mutans BHT and Lactobacillus plantarum NCIB 7220 and the membrane lipoteichoic acid from S. mutans Ingbritt. With the cell wall teichoic acids, which are covalently linked to peptidoglycan, the amount of teichoic acid is independent of the growth conditions employed. However, the extent of glucosyl substitution of the polymer from L. plantarum was dependent on growth conditions. S. mutans Ingbritt lipoteichoic acid, on the other hand, was little affected by growth conditions in terms of composition or serological activity, but the amount produced was markedly affected by changes in growth conditions.

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