@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-49-3-377, author = "Cummins, C. S. and Atfield, Gladys and Rees, R. J. W. and Valentine, R. C.", title = "Cell Wall Composition in Mycobacterium lepraemurium", journal= "Microbiology", year = "1967", volume = "49", number = "3", pages = "377-384", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-49-3-377", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-49-3-377", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "SUMMARY Cell-wall fractions from Mycobacterium lepraemurium were examined chemically and immunologically. The major sugar and amino acid components detected were arabinose and galactose, alanine, glutamic acid, a,e-diaminopimelic acid (DAP) and hexosamine, but substantial amounts of aspartic acid, glycine, valine, serine, threonine, leucine and wo-leucine were also present in preparations not extracted with neutral lipid solvents and alkaline ethanol. However, after such extraction and treatment with proteolytic enzymes, alanine, glutamic acid and DAP (1·5:1·0:1·0) were present in much larger amounts than any other amino acids (not more than 0·15), indicating that these three are the mucopeptide constituents. Cell-wall agglutination tests indicated the presence of an antigen shared with other mycobacteria.", }