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The group G antigen of lactobacilli was identified as a negatively-charged cell wall polysaccharide. The components of the preparation isolated from cell walls of L. salivarius subsp. salivarius by mild acid hydrolysis were glucose, galactose and lesser amounts of rhamnose, N-acetylglucosamine and phosphate. Quantitative serological studies on acid-released polysaccharide and enzymic lysates of cell walls showed that rhamnose was the immunodominant component. The antigen was also detected in L. salivarius subsp. salicinus but not in a recent isolate of L. salivarius, strain IV CL-37.
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