Absence of glycerol teichoic acids in certain oral streptococci.
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Glycerol teichoic acids were not detected immunochemically or chemically in phenol-water, hot saline (Rantz and Randall), or supernatant fluids of disrupted cells of Streptococcus mitis. Thus teichoic acids do not appear to be found in most Gram-positive bacteria, as has been suggested.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Science
دوره 201 4359 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978