Аннотация:The cell wall composition of 8 Arthrobacter strains belonging to different phylogenetic groups has been studied. It was revealed
that the cell walls of arthrobacters may also include other types of glycopolymers. Along with teichoic acids (found in
A. crystallopoietes VKM Ac-1107T, A. uratoxydans VKM Ac-1979T and Arthrobacter sp. VKM Ac-2065) and neutral polysaccharides
(in A. nicotinivorans VKM Ac-1988T and Arthrobacter sp. VKM Ac-1098), glycosyl 1-phosphate polymers and Kdn-containing
teichulosonic acids have been identified. The glycosyl 1-phosphate polymers have been found in A. protophormiae VKM
Ac-2104T, A. uratoxydans VKM Ac-1979T, A. crystallopoietes VKM Ac-1107T as well as in strains VKM Ac-2549, VKM Ac-2550
and VKM Ac-2065 that represent novel species closest to A. crystallopoietes. The Kdn-containing teichulosonic acids have been
revealed in A. protophormiae VKM Ac-2104T and in the above-mentioned representatives of novel species.