Abstract
SEVERAL years ago the isolation of a surface antigen from culture supernatants of a mucoid strain of Staphylococcus aureus was reported1,2. The material, from strain Smith, was designated as SSA (Smith surface antigen). It consisted primarily of an amino sugar which did not behave as the usual 2-deoxy-2-amino-hexose, and which rapidly decomposed during acid hydrolysis. Later, the unknown substance was characterized as 2-deoxy-2-amino-glucuronic acid3.
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MORSE, S. Distribution of a Surface Antigen of Staphylococcus aureus. Nature 200, 1126–1127 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/2001126a0
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