Composition of purified mucopeptide from the wall of Aerobacter cloacae.
1962
A J SCHOCHER, and
S T BAYLEY, and
R W WATSON
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D009088
Mucoproteins
Conjugated proteins in which mucopolysaccharides are combined with proteins. The mucopolysaccharide moiety is the predominant group with the protein making up only a small percentage of the total weight.
D010457
Peptidoglycan
A structural polymer of the bacterial cell envelope consisting of sugars and amino acids which is responsible for both shape determination and cellular integrity under osmotic stress in virtually all bacteria.
Murein,Pseudomurein
D004754
Enterobacter
Gram-negative gas-producing rods found in feces of humans and other animals, sewage, soil, water, and dairy products.
D016972
Enterobacter cloacae
A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria that occurs in water, sewage, soil, meat, hospital environments, and on the skin and in the intestinal tract of man and animals as a commensal.