Table 1.

Glycosyl composition analysis of MGAS5005 and 5005ΔspyB cell wall.

	Residue	Mild hydrolysis			Strong hydrolysis
		Weight (μg CHOa/100 μg)	nmol (nmol CHO/100 μg)	mol (%)	Weight (μg CHO/100 μg)	nmol (nmol CHO/100 μg)	mol (%)
MGAS5005	Rha	2.2	134.4	86.5	39.8	2425.8	50.6
	GlcNA	0.5	21.0	13.5	51.5	2330.1	48.6
	MurNA	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	34.0	0.7
5005ΔspyB	Rha	28.3	1726.2	67.7	24.3	1480.7	61.4
	GlcNA	18.1	819.0	32.1	20.4	920.8	38.2
	MurNA	0.2	5.6	0.2	0.3	10.4	0.4

^aCHO, carbohydrate.