Аннотация:The cell wall of Glycomyces tenuis VKM Ac-1250 contains the teichoic acid unusual for bacteria.The teichoic acid is a 1,4-poly(erythritol phosphate) chain composed of about 23 erythritol phosphate units, four or five of which have a 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-cr-~-glucopyranossyulb stituent at C2(3) of erythritol. The polymer contains 0-acetyl groups. Its structure was identified by chemical analysis as well as 'H-NMR and "C-NMR spectroscopy. No teichoic acid containing a poly(erythrito1 phosphate) chain has yet been found in Gram-positive bacteria.