THE SURFACE-PROPERTIES OF CELLS OF MYCOBACTERIUM-BCG
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 30 (120) , 87-96
Abstract
The surface properties of cells of Mycobacterium BCG, M. phlei, M. smegmatis and M. microti are identical, irespective of the growth medium, age of the cells and colonial morphology, and after various vigorous chemical treatments. The negative surface charge for cells of all these species arises from the phosphate groups of phosphodiester linkages between the peptidoglycan and the arabinogalactan of the basic cell wall structure which is common to all Mycobacterium spp.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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