Halococcus morrhuae: a sulfated heteropolysaccharide as the structural component of the bacterial cell wall.

Archives of microbiology ·Vol. 105 ·No. 2 ·1975-10-27 ·Pages 173-7

Steber J, Schleifer KH

Abstract

The qualitative and quantitative composition of purifed cell wall of Halococcus morrhuae CCM 859 was determined. Glucose, mannose, galactose; glucuronic and galacturonic acids; glucosamine, galactosamine, gulosaminuronic acid; acetate, glycine and sulfate are found as major constituents. The amino sugars are N-acetylated. It was not possible to fractionate the cell wall in chemically different polymers. Evidence is presented that the major cell wall polymer of this strain is a complex heterolgycan which seems, like the peptidoglycan of most bacteria, to be responsible for the rigidity and stability of the cell wall. In addition it could be proved that this heteroglycan is sulfated and therefore differs considerably from previously described bacterial cell wall polymers.

MeSH Terms

Amino Sugars/analysis Cell Wall/analysis Galactose/analysis Glucose/analysis Halobacteriaceae/analysis Hexuronic Acids/analysis Mannose/analysis Oligosaccharides/analysis Polysaccharides, Bacterial/analysis Sulfates/analysis

Chemicals

Amino Sugars Hexuronic Acids Oligosaccharides Polysaccharides, Bacterial Sulfates Glucose Mannose Galactose

Authors & Affiliations

2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Steber J

Schleifer K H

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Article Info

Journal

Archives of microbiology

Abbr.

Arch Microbiol

ISSN

0302-8933

DOI

10.1007/BF00447133

Published

1975-10-27

Pages

173-7

Language

English

Region

Germany

NLM ID

0410427

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