Chemical analysis of isolated cell walls of Gram-positive bacteria and determination of the cell wall to cell mass ratio

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-157

  Van der Wal, Albert ^a   Norde, Willem ^a   Bendinger, Bernd ^b,c   Zehnder, Alexander J B ^a   Lyklema, Johannes ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c EWE AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus brevis; cell wall composition; cell wall isolation; cell wall mass; coryneform bacteria

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BREVIBACILLUS BREVIS; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031080571     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(97)00981-0     Document Type: Article

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