Glycerol teichoic acid as a common antigenic factor in lactobacilli and some other gram-positive organisms.

Animals Antigen-Antibody Reactions/drug effects Antigens, Bacterial Cell Membrane/analysis Epitopes Glucose/pharmacology Glycerol Glycerophosphates/pharmacology Glycosides Immunodiffusion Lactobacillus/immunology Lactobacillus acidophilus/immunology Lactobacillus casei/immunology Leuconostoc/immunology Organophosphonates Pediococcus/immunology Precipitin Tests Rabbits/immunology Staphylococcus/immunology Teichoic Acids/isolation & purification

Antigens, Bacterial Epitopes Glycerophosphates Glycosides Organophosphonates Teichoic Acids Glucose Glycerol