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Incorporation of Monosaccharides Into Streptococcal Cell Wall Polysaccharide
Abstract
Microorganisms have long been an important source of biological material for biochemical studies because the use of unicellular organisms avoids many of the complexities of specialized organs characteristic of higher organisms, Furthermore, many microorganisms can be readily cultured under controlled laboratory conditions on chemically defined media. Because of the pathogenic nature of some bacteria, studies of these organisms have often been directed toward finding a biosynthetic process unique to the microorganism which can be selectively inhibited without damage to the infected host. Penicillin and several other antibiotics owe their medicinal value to their property of selectively inhibiting the proliferation of the glycopeptide basal structure of bacterial cell walls.
Subject Area
Biochemistry
Recommended Citation
ANDERSON, JOHN SEYMOUR, "Incorporation of Monosaccharides Into Streptococcal Cell Wall Polysaccharide" (1963). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI6402613.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI6402613