IMMUNOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF THE TEICHOIC ACID FROM STAPHYLOCOCCUS SIMULANS

Abstract
The wall teichoic acid of S. simulans was characterized as a glycerol phosphate polymer with glycosidically linked N-acetylglucosamine. Susceptibility to .beta.-N-acetylglucosaminidase and serological similarity to poly C.beta. from S. saprophyticus, showed that the amino sugar is in the .beta.-configuration.