APPENDIX A 



The Chemical Composition of the Tissues 

 and Large Molecules of Bacteria and Fungi 



The composition of the cell wall, the capsule and the proto- 

 plast membrane in bacteria and of the mycelial wall in molds 

 is generally more specific to the organism than that of the 

 lower molecular weight metabolites. For that reason these 

 substances are more interesting in taxonomy and immuno- 

 chemistry. The toxins, pyrogens and lipoproteins are also in- 

 teresting from these standpoints. 



The advent of paper chromatography has so facilitated the 

 identification of amino acids, sugars and other fragments of 

 the hydrolysis of the higher molecular weight components of 

 microorganisms that the literature on this topic has blossomed 

 during recent years. 



Some of the results have been unexpected. For example, 

 the actinomycetes, which resemble the molds superficially, 

 have been found closer chemically to the bacteria. 



This appendix is a list of references on the subject. While 

 the paper titles may not always so indicate, they are all con- 

 cerned in some way with the composition or structure of the 

 tissues and macromolecules of bacteria and fungi. 



Pastenrella septica (P. multocida). I. The occurrence of type- 

 specific polysaccharides containing aldoheptose sugars. 

 A. P. MacLennan and C. J. M. Rondle, Nature 180 1045 (1957). 



Specific polysaccharide of Pasteurella pestis. 

 D. A. L. Davies, Biochem. J. 63 105 (1956). 



Natural occurrence of a new aldoheptose sugar. 

 D. A. L. Davies, Nature 180 1129 (1957). 



Elemental and amino acid composition of purified plague toxin. 

 D. F. Bent, H. Rosen, S. M. Levenson, R. B. Lindberg and Samuel J. 

 Ajl, Proc. Soc. Exptl. Biol. Med. 95 178 (1957). 



Role of a,e-diaminopimelic acid in the cellular integrity of Escher- 

 ichia coli. 

 Lionel E. Rhuland, J. Bacterial. 73 778 (1957). 



A colicin from Escherichia coli SG710. 

 Rainer Niiske, Gottfried Hosel, Harry Venner and Helmut Zinner, 

 Biochem. Z. 329 346 (1957). 



