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Cell wall of an extremely halophilic coccus

Investigation of ninhydrin-positive compounds

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Amino acid and amino sugar analyses have been carried out on hydrolyzed wall preparations from an extremely halophilic coccus. A limited number of ninhydrin-positive compounds were found. The amino acids glycine and glutamic acid or glutamine were present, as well as the amino sugars glucosamine and galactosamine. In addition, three unidentified compounds were detected. Other peptidoglycan components, as found in non-halophilic Gram-positive cocci, were absent.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Dental Faculty, University of Oslo, Blindern, Oslo, Norway

    R. Reistad (Research Fellow of the Norwegian Research Council for Science and the Humanities)

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Reistad, R. Cell wall of an extremely halophilic coccus. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 82, 24–30 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00424926

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