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THE immunological specificity of carbohydrates in the cell walls of streptococci characterizes groups A, C, E and G in Lancefield's classification of these micro-organisms1–3. Group D is different. Here the cell wall carbohydrate is type-specific, and a component the chemical nature of which has hitherto been in doubt characterizes the group4. The results of the present work indicate that this substance, the group D antigen, is probably a polymer of glucosyl glycerophosphate.
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ELLIOTT, S. Teichoic Acid and the Group Antigen of Group D Streptococci. Nature 193, 1105–1106 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1931105a0
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