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Die Mureintypen in der Gattung Cellulomonas Bergey et al.

The murein types in the genus Cellulomonas Bergey et al.

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The investigation of the murein(peptidoglycan)structure of 6 species of Cellulomonas showed, that all species besides C. flavigena contain the L-Orn-D-Glu-type. In C. flavigena D-glutamic acid of the interpeptide bridge is replaced by D-aspartic acid. The composition of the polysaccharide of the cell wall is much more variable and differs in most species.

The observation that the murein type is uniform within the genus but quite different from the murein types found in other coryneform organisms justifies the unification of the cellulolytic coryneform bacteria in the genus Cellulomonas.

Zusammenfassung

Die Untersuchung der Mureinstruktur und der Polysaccharidzusammensetzung der Zellwände von sieben Arten der Gattung Cellulomonas ergab, daß alle Arten mit Ausnahme von C. flavigena Murein vom L-Orn-D-Glu-Type enthalten. Bei C. flavigena ist die D-Glutaminsäure der Interpeptidbrücke durch D-Asparaginsäure ersetzt. Die Polysaccharidzusammensetzung ist wesentlich variabler und bei den meisten Arten voneinander verschieden.

Die Einheitlichkeit der Mureinstruktur einerseits und die Verschiedenheit des Mureintyps von allen anderen coryneformen Bakterien andererseits spricht für die Berechtigung, die cellulolytischen coryneformen Bakterien in einer eigenen Gattung zusammenzufassen.

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Fieldler, F., Kandler, O. Die Mureintypen in der Gattung Cellulomonas Bergey et al. . Archiv. Mikrobiol. 89, 41–50 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00409398

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