O -Acetyl Groups as a Component of the Bacteriophage Receptor on Staphylococcus aureus Cell Walls

O-Acetyl groups as a component of the bacteriophage receptor on Staphylococcus aureus cell walls.

The capacity of Staphylococcus aureus H cell walls to inactivate bacteriophage 52A was lost by removing O-acetyl groups but not by removing ester-linked d-alanine.

The action of fumagillin on a bacteriophage of Staphylococcus aureus.

Mechanism of autolysis of isolated cell walls of Staphylococcus aureus.

Autolysis of isolated cell walls of Staphylococcus aureus strain Copenhagen was accompanied by the release of 1 mole of N-terminal alanine per mole of glutamic acid. No other N-terminal amino acids and no C-terminal amino acids were released. These observations indicated that complete hydrolysis of N-acetylmuramyl-l-alanine linkages ("amidase" action) had occurred. This was confirmed by fractio...

Effects of penicillin on the biosynthesis of the cell walls of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.

8448 Effects of penicillin on the biosynthesis of the cell walls of escherichia coli and staphylococcus aureus. S. G. Nathenson, J L Strominger. 1 8449 The effect of obstructive jaundice on drug metabolism in rabbits. E. F. McLuen, J. R. Fouts. 7 8450 Interaction between cerebroside sulfate and amines. J. P. Green, J. D. Robinson, Jr., N. Day. 12 8451 Distribution and metabolism of methocarbamo...

Staphylococcus aureus cell surface: capsule as a barrier to bacteriophage adsorption.

Encapsulated Staphylococcus aureus strains M and Smith diffuse bound phage 84 and 52A much less efficiently than their unencapsulated counterparts, M variant and Smith compact. It is proposed that the capsule acts as a barrier excluding phage from interaction with their receptor (cell wall peptidoglycan and teichoic acid). Inefficient phage adsorption by encapsulated staphylococci may explain, ...