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. 2004 Dec;48(12):4566–4573. doi: 10.1128/AAC.48.12.4566-4573.2004

TABLE 2.

Muropeptide composition of major peaks of vacomycin-resistant S. aureus strain COLVA

Major peaka % of compositionb
COLVAORG COLVAORG + (10 μg/ml) vancomycin COLVA200 COLVA200 + (10 μg/ml) vancomycin COLVA200Tn551::mecA COLVA200Tn551::mecA + (10 μg/ml) vancomycin
1 1.7 0.0 0.4 0.0 2.1 0.0
5 2.9 0.0 1.3 0.0 0.5 0.0
11 4.3 0.0 1.9 0.0 1.6 0.0
15 4.2 0.0 2.3 0.0 1.8 0.0
16 3.2 0.0 2.1 0.0 1.9 0.0
17 3.0 0.0 3.5 0.0 2.9 0.0
3v 0.5 10.0 1.7 10.0 0.4 12.4
8v 1.7 2.3 3.1 2.3 3.3 8.9
11v 0.5 1.9 1.2 1.9 1.2 3.1
13v 1.7 3.4 4.9 3.4 5.2 7.7
14v 0.6 1.9 1.3 1.9 1.2 2.7
15v 1.2 3.4 4.4 3.4 4.4 5.7
16v 0.0 1.4 1.2 1.4 0.9 1.3
17v 0.8 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.8
19v 0.0 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.8
Monomers 13.9 21.9 14.2 21.9 14.0 35.3
Oligomers 47.6 40.4 51.6 40.4 46.4 48.8
Hump 37.6 38.3 32.8 38.3 39.0 15.8
a

Muropeptide peak numbers as in Fig. 2.

b

Relative amounts of muropeptide species are expressed as the percent of total UV-absorbing material recovered from the HPLC column.