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Cell wall teichoic acids ofNocardiopsis prasina VKM Ac-1880T

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The cell wall ofNocardiopsis prasina VKM Ac-1880T was found to contain two structurally different teichoic acids: unsubstituted 3,5-poly(ribitol phosphate) and l,3-poly(glycerol phosphate) substituted at position 2 by 10% with α-N-acetylglucosamine and by 5% withO-acetyl groups. The structure of the polymers was studied by chemical analysis and NMR spectroscopy. The results obtained correlate wellwith 16S rRNA sequence data and confirm the species-specificity of teichoic acids in the genusNocardiopsis.

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  1. Biological Faculty, Moscow State University, 119899, Vorob’evy gory, Moscow, Russia

    E. M. Tul’skaya & I. B. Naumova

  2. Zelinskii Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii prospekt 47, 117913, Moscow, Russia

    A. S. Shashkov

  3. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142292, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, Russia

    L. I. Evtushenko

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Tul’skaya, E.M., Shashkov, A.S., Evtushenko, L.I. et al. Cell wall teichoic acids ofNocardiopsis prasina VKM Ac-1880T . Microbiology 69, 48–50 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02757256

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