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Infect Immun. 1971 January; 3(1): 189-191
Copyright © 1971 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Chemical Composition of Purified Cell Walls of Cariogenic Streptococci ¹

Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32601
Institute of Oral Biology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136

ABSTRACT

The qualitative and quantitative chemical compositions of the cell walls of five strains of oral streptococci (four human and one rat) are presented. Presumptive evidence for glycerol teichoic acid in Streptococcus mutans group II cell walls is given.

¹ Paper no. 3654 of the Journal Series of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station.

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